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Dear Readers,

Greetings and I welcome you to the pages of Udghosh

We are very happy to share the Bi-Annual college newsletter issue Udghosh, which features all the engagements of the college ranging from academics,

achievements, college club and committee activities, articles from staff and students to all the latest happenings in the campus. Through this edition,

we attempt to make the readers get a glimpse of life at IBA. We attempt to reach a diverse reading audience right from our strong alumni, faculty and

staff, corporate world, students, parents and all the extended members of IBA.

It is indeed an experience for me to be a part of a newsletter committee, something which has always excited me from school days. Here at IBA, being

the secretary of the committee and working on Udghosh is in itself a great honor . Let me take you on a voyage which will give you experiences and pic-

torial representations of celebrations which is the life of IBA that range from corporate workshops, extended evening business plan projects, a lot of

industry exposure, visits by the top notch of the industry for guest lectures, avid faculty members dedicated towards nurturing smart minds, a series of

happening events, festivals, fests which our student committees and clubs handle. This edition covers all the campus news from June 2012 to December

2012. I would like to thank a lot of people who have been a support for bringing up this edition. My extended gratitude to our CEO, Dean and Principal

for the support. I would thank each and every member of the newsletter committee for putting up a commendable job and hard work inspite of hectic

Internship schedule. I would specially acknowledge the lady behind the scene for her efforts and tremendous support at the call of time, Ms. Richa

Sarna without whom this edition wouldn’t have been possible.

I invite you to join us by sharing your opinion and suggestions which we shall look forward to take as leanings. Please feel free to share your

thoughts by reaching out to me through shrutis.iba@gmail.com. I would encourage you to reach to the online copy of the magazine on the IBA’s web-

site.

Happy Reading !

Shruti Sridharan

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Explore... 5. Papers and Presentations

9. Articles faculty and students

12. Guest lectures and workshops in campus

16. Club and Committee news

19. Industrial Visits

21. HOPE - CSR Initiative

22. IBA Students in various events

23. Students Achievements

24. Festivals

26. The 10th Convocation Ceremony

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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Session Chair, Track I, International Conference on, Management in the New

World Order, organized by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, Aug. 13-

14, 2012

Western Windows, Eastern Doors, Consciousness Corridors: India in the Age of

Soft Power Economy and Soft Power Revolution, Keynote address at the Interna-

tional Conference on, Management in the New World Order, organized by Indian

Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, Aug. 13-14, 2012

Significance of the HOPE Day, Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore, Aug. 21,

2012

Let Noble Thoughts Go From Us In All Directions, Keynote Address, Inauguration

of the new MBA batch, Noble School of Business, Bangalore, August, 27, 2012

Towards New Pathways in Social and Management Thought, Workshop

on Social Theorizing and Management Thinking, Indus Business Academy

(IBA), Bangalore, Sept. 14, 2012

Concept of Management, Indus Business Academy (IBA), Greater Noida, Sept. 15,

2012

Inner Search Outer Manifestation, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi,

Dec. 10, 2012

Candle Light Experiment, Women’s Institute for Studies in Development Manage-

ment, Banasthali University (WISDOM), Banasthali, Oct. 8, 2012

Management Models from Indian Thought, Women’s Institute for Studies in De-

velopment Management (WISDOM), Banasthali University, Banasthali, Oct. 9,

2012

Spirituality in Management: Relevance for the Contemporary Work Organizations

published in Yoga Sudha Journal ISSN: 0972-074X

New Earth Sastra: Towards holistic Development & Management pub-

lished in Southern Economist

Amarnath Vision: A New Blueprint for Harmony, Southern Economist, Oct. 1,

2012, pp. 10-14

ORUT and New Earth Sastra: Foundations of Social Theorizing and Management

Thinking

Dr. Subhash Sharma

Director, IBA Bangalore

An eminent Management Academician, Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, Indus Business Academy is a much sought after

contributor of Papers and Presenter of Management Concepts in Indian and international Journals and Conferences.

Listed below are some of his work between July 2012 and December 2012:

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EQM as a new Mantra in Corporate Corridors: Integrating Spirituality with EI pub-

lished in Emotional Intelligence & Leadership

IBA-WISDOM Workshop on Social Theorizing and Management Thinking, WISDOM,

Banasthali University, Banasthali, Oct. 9, 2012

From Indus (India in Us) to Indus (India in US): A New Age of India’s Soft Power,

Values Based Management, published in AIMS Conference proceedings, AIMS In-

ternational, Houston, 2012

Harmony in Business, Society and the World: Towards Psycho-Spiritual Founda-

tions, Global Harmony Association (GHA) - IBA Workshop on Harmony in Business,

Indus Business Academy (IBA), Greater Noida, Nov. 17, 2012

Harmony in Business, Society and the World: Towards Psycho-Spiritual Founda-

tions, School of Management, JRE Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, Nov. 19,

2012

Success Mantras for Future Managers and Leaders: Lessons from Seven Symbols,

Department of Management Studies, New Horizon College of Engineering, Banga-

lore, Nov. 24, 2012

Towards New Pathways in Social and Management Thought, Workshop on Social

Theorizing and Management Thinking, Indus Business Academy (IBA), Greater

Noida, Sept. 16, 2012

Three Paradigms in Management Thinking: American, Japanese and Indian, Wom-

en’s Institute for Studies in Development Management (WISDOM), Banasthali Uni-

versity, Banasthali, Oct. 8, 2012

Wonder that is India: India as Matrix Society, Indian Institute of Management (IIM),

Ranchi, Dec. 11, 2012

LCM (Leadership, Communication, Motivation) Models with roots in Indian Philoso-

phy, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, Dec. 12, 2012

Prof. K. R. Nath

Full day workshop on Foreign Trade Policy & Documentation in Exports for FIEO,

Hyderabad & Warrangal chamber of commerce & Industry, Canara bank + ECGC on

13th July, 2012

Half day Workshop on Export Documentation & Imports for Export production for

Viswvsvaraya Industrial Trade Centre, Dharwad on 17th July, 2012

Full day MDP being conducted for FIEO, Kochi chapter at Ernakulam, Kochi,Kerala

on 3rd August, 2012

Full day training programme on Procedures & Documentation on Foreign Trade

for FIEO,kochi and the Malabar Chamber of commerce, Calicut on 7th Nov, 2012

Seminar on Total Risk Management in Exports & Imports for Export Promotion

Council for Handicrafts Ministry of Textiles on 20th Nov, 2012

Seminar on Costing, export procedure and Documentation for Export Promotion

council for Handi crafts,Ministry of Textiles on 22nd Nov, 2012

Three [3] days integrated certificate training programme on “ International trade-

practical approach to achieve goals” from 6th to 8th Dec, 2012

Procedures and documentation for exports & Imports for Export Production for

VITC,Bangalore on 12th Dec, 2012

Seminar of the Challenges and Opportunities for the Textile based handicrafts con-

ducted for Export promotion council for Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Southern

Region, Bangalore on 14th Dec, 2012

MDPs & Workshop

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Dr. V. J. Byra Reddy & Prof. K. N. Veena

Comparative assessment of the role of State, Third Sector and the combined inter-

vention of the State and Third Sector in intervening Health Inequalities published in

‘Inclusive Economic Growth in India: Issues, Challenges and Implications’ Valar Pirai

Publication, Chennai, India ISBN number: 978-93-80371-15-3

Health Inequalities in India – A Case study of Four villages of Gulbarga district of

Karnataka published in ‘Recent Development and Emerging Trends in Social Work

Research’, in 2012, published by Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., India, ISBN number:

978-81-8424-757-2

Women SHGs as Engines of Social Transformation – A Case Study of Hakki Pikki

community, Bannerghatta Forest Area Karnataka” published in ‘Indian Journal for

Social Studies and Humanities’ [an International Journal], in June 2012, Edition:

2012, Vol-1, No-2, April- Jun, ISSN - 2277-7458

“Living Conditions and Socio – Economic Status of Hakki-Pikki Community: A Case

Study from Hakki-Pikki Community of Bannerughatta Forest Area in Karnataka’

published in Challenges in contemporary social work practice’, in 2012, published

by professional and Technical publishers, Coimbatore, India, ISBN number: 978-81-

910224-5-2

Prof. Sowmya C.S.

E-Biz Challenges Model of Leadership – Learning from the Animal World’ published

in Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Jan 2012 (ISSN 2231 –

5780)

“Women Empowerment Through Education” – What we can learn from the MLA

AHL Model published in Business Education – Present and Future (ISBN 978-93-

5051-697-3)

Prof. Anju Kumar

Eco cities-A paradigm shift in sustainable environments published in IFIM Manage-

ment research journal

Paper titled Management Challenges of Architectural professionals presented at

the International Conference at PESIT, and IUP Bangalore on 22st and 23nd Nov

2012

Paper titled People issues and the Architectural profession presented at the inter-

national HR conference at SDM IMD Mysore on 14th and 15th Dec 2012

Paper Published

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FACULTY JOINING 2012

Name: Dr. Veena KN

Educational Qualification: B.Sc, M.Sc (TQM), Ph.D

Dr. Veena K N is a Doctorate in Business Administration from Mysore University, a post graduate in Statistics form Mysore university [4th rank] and a

post graduate In Total Quality Management form Sikkim Manipal university.

She is one of the very few certified entrepreneurship educators from NEN, Stanford University and IIM-B. She has conducted workshops and seminars

for students, faculty and Management executives. During her career she has been a resource person for many management development programs, exec-

utive development programs and consultancy activities at various academic institutions’ and corporate. She has extended professional consultancy to

research scholars and post graduate management students.

IBA Alumni Meet – New Delhi – 3rd Nov, 2012

Every year 2 energetic batches of enthusiastic professionals, Entrepreneurs leave our campuses at IBA – Ban-

galore and Greater Noida. With the numbers increasing year-on-year, we would like to promote the sense of

belonging and ownership amongst the students, faculty members and the management teams. We are looking

at each one of us as the Brand Ambassador of a great institution called IBA.

IBA Alumni Association – Delhi Chapter conducted its Alumni meet on 3rd Nov, 2012 where above 125

Alumni of both Bangalore & Greater Noida campus participated with their family, kids. It is always a great

experience when we meet after years and revive the good old days that we had during our studies. The

changed faces, hair cut, fat tummy makes us realize that time just flies and we grow so fast.

Needless to say that the sense of belonging will be manifested in our participation at the program christened

at the Campuses, as well as our contribution to the activities of the association.

Richa Sarna

Office Bearer – IBA Alumni Association

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The Little Master

The rains had begun a week ago and the summer temperatures in Bangalore had dropped quite a bit to make the mornings chilly and pleasant .Another two days to go before 5th July 2015 –for the PGDM 15-17 batch to come into IBA. Placements for the earlier two batches had been extremely good and al-most a hundred percent. Admissions for the year were reportedly close to the figure of one hundred and eighty ,definitely great developments from all points of view. Well outside IBA-the metro line was woefully behind schedule providing me some interesting examples for the project management classes and Sachin Tendulkar ,the little( old) master had announced retirement from cricket (at last).

This was just my third day after moving into the faculty quarters at IBA, something I had been looking forward to. The commute to IBA from home was getting stressful with the abnormal congestion on the roads and the construction activities of the metro line. The prospects of avoiding these irritations and the opportunity to move into the campus and stay within the tranquil greenery was something I could not let go .Just needed two days to set up things and here I was, sipping a hot cup of early morning coffee in the balcony .There was music in the air with a few chirping birds ,and the grandeur of nature to watch in the form of a few drifting clouds and on account of all this ,the coffee was tasting wonderful.

It was just then that I saw from the corner of my eye ,something slithering on the balcony railing and almost impulsively and repulsively I withdrew my right hand which was on the railing. I then saw the movement closely and noticed it was just a centipede ,crawling slowly and steadily. It took a couple of minutes for me to shun the disgust one usually develops watching such crawling insects .I started to observe the centipede a bit more closely and now felt that it was not crawling but taking a leisurely regal walk with its multiple pairs of legs .I started wondering how it moved with such balance and grace de-spite so many pairs of feet whereas my own species would often wobble and limp with even just one pair of legs .

The color of this fellow was also a wonderful wine red ,something which would look extremely attractive on a sports car. Probably this fellow was a mind reader tracing my thoughts –because I saw it raising its head as if to question me –“Why are you so disgusted to look at me? I am just one more creation of God ,may not be as attractive as the clouds and birds to watch but I have my own distinctive features .Time you people realize that there is nothing insignif-icant in nature ,nothing which should be despised “.

A few moments of reflection and I felt all this was like a short play of the divine ,to restate some ultimate truth. It was like a lesson in philosophy for me ,like what the outcaste (Chandala) told AdiShankara –‘both these bodies, yours and mine, are composed of the five elements- earth, water, fire, air and space. The soul in me is however identical with the soul in you. So, I can’t imagine what you are shrinking from.’

I stayed respectfully rooted to the place I was standing ,watching my little master disappear into the nearby foliage reminding me that there are lessons eve-rywhere if we look around .From the deep recesses in my memory, this incident also made me recall that in the world of management and game theo-ry ,there is a Centipede Game named after this little master .

The shrill whistle of the steam cooker was just the high decibel alarm needed to wake me up from bed .It took a couple of seconds for me to realize that it was only the 25th of July 2013 and I was unusually late in sleeping the previous night ,reading a book on game theory .Well they say that dreams come true I would certainly be delighted if the 12-14 and 13-15 batches get placed well and admissions touch the peak capacity .But walking into the campus today ,I will certainly look out for my little master .

PS: In game theory the centipede game, first introduced by Robert Rosenthal in 1981, is an extensive

form game in which two players take turns choosing either to take a slightly larger share of a slowly

increasing pot, or to pass the pot to the other player. The payoffs are arranged so that if one passes

the pot to one's opponent and the opponent takes the pot on the next round, one receives slightly

less than if one had taken the pot on this round.

Article By

Prof . V. Suresh Chandra

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I had a dream of joining such an Institute having unique features with no comparison & no substitute .

The healthy environment with greenery all Around , Keeps our health always Sound, So, IBA is the perfect Ground . The wonderful tall trees with hanging coconut Tender , rejuvenate us with fresh air that they Render . Salubrious climate gives us feeling of Hill Station , AOL center provides us zeal to achieve our Destination. The Institute with excellent professionals generates enough quest for a constant Learning , which is always a fun Churning . The spiritual environment of the Institute Keep our spirit always High, Always we look to the sky with moral High .

When something wonderful happens, we can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in our excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with us. Never do they hurt our feelings or make us feel like we are not good enough, but rather they build us up and show us the things about our self that make us special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invalua-ble treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and so clear, it’s like being young again. Colors seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was often or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous con-versation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby.

I remember one person said about Love “Things that never inter-ested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you.” You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”

I I I don’t know more about Love life, but

once I promise someone that I will write something about Love here is my idea about love, “All individuals who are in this world love someone. They may be our parents, family, or someone special. I truly believe, we find someone who can completely turn our world around. We tell them things that we’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything what we say and actually want to hear more. We share hopes for the fu-ture, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at us . Vinayak Mehra

(PGDM-12-14)

Vikas Arya (PGDM’12-14)

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SelF cOnfidEnce - A naTure oR nuRtuRe!

This has become one of the hot burning issues that has been discussed over world-wide ~ starting from the top B-schools, media, social net-working sites, to the corporate board discussion panels. Today, the entire corporate world is laying emphasis more on the human re-source management. As because, change management has become an essential paradigm as well as a parameter for leveraging the growth and profitability factors of the business firms. The question is to eval-uate the extent of manning efficiency in terms of effectiveness & effi-cacy.

So, the discussion turns on ~ What increases self-confidence? And what are the things that people need/ must do in order to increase their self-confidence to a very high level?

And as usual, different people with different perceptions; and with all other subjective influences have come up with some conclusions.

According to some, self-confidence is more about nurture than nature.

They think that more and more practice with some required guidance and supervision increases self-confidence. And when the self confi-dence is high, greater risks can be taken.

For instance, driving a car. It takes guidance, supervision and practice to learn the driving skills. Once the driving skills learnt properly, then self-confidence increases and higher stakes could be undertaken for further improvement.

But here, again lies some contradictions. Suppose, if a person, who has never driven get excited about driving and say "I'm looking for-ward to my driving lessons and I know I will be a good driver!" Then?!

Studies have shown that self-confidence is a 'talent' with some train-ing, which can result in 'near perfect' or 'World Class Perfor-

mance' (examples - Michael Phelps, Mohammad Ali, Sachin Tendul-kar and Michael Jackson, etc.).

Princeton based Gallup Organization have done 25 years of research on talents and observed that talents can be nurtured in a child till he/she attains the age of 15.

If, by that age, we are able to create certain recurring patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and apply that to appropriate roles in work or even play, we could have a world class performer, a leg-end!

The beautiful definition they have given is "Where others are strug-gling at something. Talents will do it effortlessly.."

So, we can conclude, self-confidence is a bit of both - nature & nur-ture! It depends on you ~ WHO YOU ARE!!!!

Debolina Das

PGDM’12-14

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Something About Cloud computing

Cloud computing is computing based on the internet which delivers IT as a service with pay-as-you-go pricing. The name “cloud” represents “Internet hav-ing indefinite shape and size with complex structure”. This technology allows for much more efficient computing by centralizing data storage, processing and bandwidth. Most simple example is Gmail we never require to install it just we need a web browser to run it.

Cloud computing has a power of access with any of the devices mobile, laptop, tablet desktop etc. just we need internet connection.

The idea behind cloud computing technology is similar to the electricity that we all use at home, we don’t know how it is generated where it comes from , we just pay the bill for what we use, same is the case with cloud computing .we can use storage ,connectivity and computing power ,all the services are available on demand as you require and are delivered economically without compromising for security or functionality.

Types of clouds

There are basically four types of clouds that can be subscribed according to the need of an organiza-tion or individual.

1.Public Cloud - A public cloud can be accessed by any subscriber and it is shared across multiple or-ganizations, it is managed by an external service provider.

2. Private Cloud - A private cloud is established for a specific group or organization and limits access only to that group or organization, in short we can say it is for private use. 3. Community Cloud - A community cloud is shared among two or more organizations that have simi-lar cloud requirements.

4. Hybrid Cloud - A hybrid cloud is basically a combination of at least two clouds; the clouds may be the mixture of public, private, or community.

Cloud computing service models:

The cloud computing services are segmented into three categories based on service types namely Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service.

Software as a Service (SaaS): In SaaS service model, applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a net-work, typically through Internet. A subscriber has access to both resources and applications, but has a least control over the cloud; there is no need to have a physical copy of software installed on devices. E.g.: Salesforce .com, net suit.

Platform as a Service (PaaS): PaaS is the platform that hosts applications provided in (SaaS) PaaS provider gives subscribers access to the components that a developer requires to develop and operate applications over the internet. Subscriber has more control over the cloud as compared with SaaS layer but lesser than (IaaS). E.g.: Google App Engine, Force.com and Heroku.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): (IaaS) deals primarily with computational infrastructure.

In this service model the subscriber completely outsources the storage and resource components,

such as hardware, software, servers and networking components that are required by him. In this service

layer the subscriber has most of the control on cloud as compared with the other two layers.

E.g.: Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Storage and Google Big Query.

Renukanandan Aurangabadkar

PGDM-12-14

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Current scenario in Public Office

Justice Santosh Hegde (Ex Judge Supreme Court, Lokayukt of Karnataka)

27th July, 2012

He gave brief introduction of work in parliament and mentions the example from Year 1976 in which Lok Sabha passed 17 bills in just 12 minutes” but as per current scenario most of ministers not even opened there mouth in there term of 5 years in lok sabha “he raised the question in front of whole Audience that can this members be called as public representative? He also thrown light on the First sentence in the constitution of India: “We the people of India” and explained the significance he also discussed current Scams in India.

Importance of interaction

Mr. Satish Viswanathan (Director, BSG-Microsoft)

25th June,2012

Mr. Satish Vishwanathan started his discussion with stating the Importance of Interaction he explained that best way to get educated is by means of Interaction He explained Darwin’s Theory: Survival of the fittest in details and tried to relate it with the current competitive situation in corporate world. He also motivated the students to enjoy the process of education and gave example of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s Failure in ISRO and mentioned how he further succeeded in his life.

Justice Santosh Hegde

Mr. Satish Viswanathan

Mr. Shoaib Ahmed (President, Tally Solutions India Ltd.)

June 21, 2012

Mr. Shoaib gave tips to overcome stage fear and How to sustain interest in your job. He gave career guidance

to students and gave brief story of tally solutions in his talk.

Mr. Shoaib Ahmed

Mr. Binod Hampapur, (Snr. VP Infosys)

12th Oct, 2012

Mr. Binod let us know about various Types of partnership in cooperate and guided students about entrepreneurship.

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Corporate and social values at Nextwealth.in

Mr. Anand Talwai (Executive Director and Cofounder of Nextwealth.in, Ex- CEO of WIPRO)

22nd June, 2012

Mr. Anand Talwai Talked about CVP (Customer Value Preposition) to the students. According to him CVP is means the im-portance given to pain point of customer by organization.

How to Crack an Interview?

Mr. Vijender Kadyan (Head HR- C.K. Chetty and sons )

22nd June, 2012

Being an HR professional, gave some interesting Tips to crack Interview. He gave the student s Idea about 10 essential things for success in interview which include communication skills, network building etc.

Career Guidance for Finance Specialization

Prof. S. P. Srinivasan (Finance Manager, BHEL)

20th June,2012

Prof. S. P. Srinivasan (Finance Manager, BHEL) guided the Students about finance specialization. He explained about various fields of job in financial sector. He also shared his cooperate experience with students and provided guidance regarding world best examination in Finance like CFA, FRM, PRM etc.

Mr. Anand Talwai

Mr. Vijender Kadyan

Mr. P. Thiruvengadam (Senior Director – Deloitte)

25th Aug, 2012

Mr. P. Thiruvengadam give us a brief idea about Management consulting with respect to Growth, Profitability and Leverage.

Mr. P. Thiruvengadam

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Tony Varghese Francis

Head – South, Red FM 93.5

June 23, 2012

Tony Varghese in his talk explained his career in field of radio and entertainment industry he gave example of Japa-

nese “Koi” fish and he related Japanese koi fish with career and mentioned that look at your strength and stretch it.

Mr. Arun

General Manager-V3 Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

June 27, 2012

Mr. Arun brought up a new idea he mentioned Sales and marketing are twin sisters. He gave brief story of his company’s success and mentioned that 99% of their business is referral. Further he added that his company V3 has collaboration with ICICI Bank .

Harsh V. Trehan

Director – Human Resources, BAE Systems India (Services) Pvt. Ltd.

July 25, 2012

Mr. Harsh in his talk mentioned about the Work in Diversity, he explained student about how to adapt to various

people and senior and gave lesson of working in diversity environment .

Mr. Tony Francis

Mr. Arun

Mr. Harsh Trehan

Mr. Binod Hampapur,

Snr. VP Infosys

12th Oct, 2012

Mr. Binod let us know about various Types of partnership in cooperate and guided students about entrepre-neurship.

Mr. Binod Hampapur

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Workshop on Social Theorizing and Management Thinking

Sept. 14, 2012, IBA Bangalore

Our existing theories of life, self, culture, society, nation, business, management and the world are at a cross-roads now. We need radically new ways of thinking and practice. As part of our dialogues in Asian Forum for Social Theory we have been exploring some of these bor-der-crossing and foundational challenges since 2004. In the meantime, two of our co-walkers from this circle have published two works which try to grapple some of the epochal challenges of our times. In his just published book, New Earth Sastra: Towards Holistic Develop-ment and Management, Professor Subhash Sharma presents a new way of thinking about management and economics of our world which takes into consideration the needs of our Mother Earth. He pleads for a new sacro-civic society and harmonic globalization. This resonates with the concept of biohappiness recently presented by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan in his book, In Search of Biohappiness. This also resonates with the concept of planetary realization offered by Dr. Ananta Kumar Giri in his Knowledge and Human Liberation: Towards Planetary Realizations. Planetary realizations refer to the challenge and process of realizing our potential and aspirations as children of Mother Earth going beyond exclusion of many kinds such as class inequality, nation-state centered rationality and anthropocentrism. In our workshop, we propose to have a dialogue with Professor Sharma’s book bringing it in conversation with the concepts of biohappiness and planetary realizations.

Workshop on Team Building

Mr. Thothathri Raman, Chairman—SEAA Trust

Mr. Deepak Jhangiani, Director—Marketing, DSIJ

This workshop was interactive, students were divided into teams and each team

was asked to read an article from any business newspaper and give a presenta-

tion on it. They also advised students to gather information about various indus-

try. Mr. Raman and Mr. Deepak also focused on Presentation and Communica-

tion skills of students.

Mr. Thothathri Raman and Mr. Deepak Jhangiani

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Clubs and Committees IBA Students engage themselves with a range of co-curricular activities through various Clubs and Committees that are formed for every specialization. The clubs conduct

regular sessions wherein presentations and other activities are done by senior students for their batch and for junior batch on various management topics. Topics under

the purview of every specialization are discussed, current affairs are debated upon and a lot more.

BARCODES - The Retail Club

1. Bonfire night (05 Nov, 2012) : BARCODES’ orga-

nized an event called Bonfire Night during Freshers week for batch 12- 14. Games

like Paper dance, Antakshari, Dumb Sheraz etc. were played.

2. Live project by Koverpage (02 Dec, 2012): Deepak Kumar (CEO, Koverpage

Retail Private Ltd.) conducted a live project for the students . By organizing this,

BARCODES became the first club to take such an initiative.

COSMOS - Knowledge & Quiz Club

The COSMOS Club conducted the “Galaxy War” event and also

held a session on Photoshop, which will be covered in our next

edition.

Hunterz Ignite - The Marketing Club

The following events were organized by the Dolphins club

during July-Dec ’12:

1. Communitiate’-Initiation of communication (30th Nov’- 02 Dec

2012): Dolphins organized this session to help everyone under-

stand the depths of communication and giving effective presentations.

2. Blog Writing Session by Mr. Rajiv Ranjan.

Dolphins– The Communication Club

Hunterz Ignite organized the following events during the peri-

od:

1. BID BID BOOM (Aug, 2012): BID BID BOOM is a an exciting

game show wherein participants are involved in bidding. Prizes

worth Rs.1000 were awarded to the winners.

2. Marketing sessions (24-26 Oct, 2012): Hunterz Ignite conducted a three-day ses-

sion on marketing for Batch 12-14. Various marketing concepts such as 4Ps, STP

etc were covered during the sessions.

3. IBA Talent Hunt (04 Nov, 2012): Hunterz organized a Talent hunt contest during

the Fresher's week where various students from Batch 12-14 showcased their tal-

ent in dancing, singing, drama, painting etc.

Infinit Club– IT Club

Following events were organized by the Infinit Club:

1. Guest Lecture by Alumni Amrita Phadnis (25 Aug,

2012): Ms. Amrita Phadnis from 08-10 batch talked about how to create blogs,

various types of blogs and then focused on how to market a blog.

2. MS Outlook session (26 Aug, 2012): MS outlook session consisted configuration

of Gmail accounts to Outlook, folder mail bifurcation and other basic Outlook func-

tions.

The following events were organized by the

BARCODES club during July-Dec ’12:

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3. MS Excel week (16-23 Oct, 2012): One week of Excel sessions were con-

ducted starting from basics to advanced level (Certification: Top 20 members

got the certificate in Excel).

4. Guest Lecture by CIO, Redington (14 Dec, 2012): Mr. Clynton Almeida, CIO,

Redington addressed Batch 11-13 on the topic “IT Strategy in Alignment of

Corporate Strategy”. He shared his experience about the various obstacles &

barriers that come in aligning both the strategies.

Navigators - Finance Club

The finance club of IBA, Navigators conducted the below

events:

1. Session on Financial Jargons (11 Oct, 2012): Navigators orga-

nized a session on financial jargons for Batch 12-14 to help

them understand the basic meaning of various financial terms.

2. Session on Stock market (09 Dec, 2012): This session helped the junior

batch to understand the working of the stock market.

3. Session on Derivative and Commodity Market (10 Dec, 2012). This

session gave lot of insights to the students with regards to the derivative

and commodity market .

Om Club - Operations Club

The Operations club functions to make students aware of various

tools and techniques of Operations Management. It held the fol-

lowing events:

1. Movie (25 Oct, 2012): The movie “An Inconvenient Truth”

was shown which was a welcome refreshment for the students amidst their

tight schedules and assignment submissions.

2. Burning Bush (Dec 2012): Burning Bush is the Annual Inter Club

Sports Tournament of IBA. All the clubs of IBA compete in various sports like Ta-

ble Tennis, Carrom, Chess, Cricket etc. The tournament last year was won by

Club Navigators .

Spandan - HR Club

1. Guest Lecture by Ms. Brinda Devrajan (26 Sep, 2012): Ms.

Brinda Devrajan of Batch 10-12 addressed the students of

Batch 12-14 on HR profiles such as Payroll, Employee en-

gagement, OD and Business Partner.

2. Guest Lecture by Mrs. Shradhanjali Pattnaik (3 Nov, 2012) : This lecture depicted

the current HR world, How HR department functions,, how small & mid-size com-

pany run through HR, roles & responsibilities of HR in the organization etc.

YMCC The Yoga, Meditation and Cultural Centre (YMCC) organized the

following events and festival celebrations in IBA:

Industry-Institute Interface (I3) Committee

Janmashtami Ganesh Chaturthi Garba Onam

Teachers Day Durga Puja Ramzan & Eid Dushera

Navratri Diwali Christmas

1. Guest Lectures: A detailed insight on the guest lectures

organized by the I3 committee has been covered on Pages 13

to 15.

2. Industrial Visits: Refer pages 20 and 21.

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Clubs and Committees

BID BID BOOM Financial Jargons session MS Excel Week

Bon Fire Night Burning Bush HR Session by Ms. Brinda D.

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Industrial Visits

The Industry—Institute Interface Committee (I3) organized industrial visits during the period July-December 2012, which provided students an op-

portunity to learn practically through industry interaction and by understanding the working methods and employment practices.

BOSCH: 27th Dec, 2013

IBA Students on an Industrial visit to Bosch, Bangalore. They came across

the production processes, Quality Control, Materials Management, Auto

Electrical Production systems done there in Bosch.

BISLERI: 8th Dec, 2013

IBA Students on an Industrial visit to Bisleri, Bangalore. This gave

and insight on the production and methodology of Packaged drink-

ing water that we drink very frequently. Hygiene factor is given the

highest priority in the factory and its surroundings.

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AVASARALA TECHNOLOGY LTD. : 13th Dec, 2012

IBA students on a visit to Avasarala Technologies Ltd. which was a great learning experi-

ence. Avasarala started in 1985 and set their foot on the engineering arena, predomi-

nantly in the field of high technology engineering, which operates in different areas of

Nuclear Power, Factory Automation, Engineering Construction, Space and Healthcare.

SARTORIUS: 28th Dec, 2012

IBA Students on an Industrial visit to Sartorius, Bangalore getting real

time experience of the biotech industry. Sartorius is one of the world's

leading providers of laboratory and process technologies and equip-

ment. The innovative products and high-quality services help custom-

ers around the globe implement complex and quality-critical processes

in biopharmaceutical production and laboratory environments in a

time- and cost-efficient way

Industrial Visits

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HOPE means: Higher Order Purpose of Existence

“When the world says give up, Hope whispers "Try once more”

HOPE is a CSR activity which was initiated by the students of 9-11 batch of IBA. The main objective of HOPE is to build a better society and to make a difference in the

lives of those who are underprivileged.

Last year HOPE was launched in July by batch 11-13 who told us that being unwanted, unloved,

uncared for and forgotten by everybody is a much greater hunger and a much greater poverty than the

person who has nothing to eat. They asked us to join hands with them and make all those people feel

wanted, cared and loved by us.

Batch 12-14 students ran business plans for a week as part of Management Skills-1, of which half

of the profits generated was contributed towards HOPE. Also, during the Alumni meet a HOPE stall was

put up where games where organized for the alumni and contributions were received.

Diwali 2012 brought with it an enlightenment wherein the HOPE Team were inspired to celebrate

it with those people who were in need to get in touch with the youth. Therefore, they decided

to visit Shantidham Ashram , an old age home 4 Kms ahead of our campus which accommodated peo-

ple above 50 years of age. The HOPE team organized games and other events for them. They also ar-

ranged for their lunch and sweets from the HOPE funds. Few magazines were also donated towards their

library.

HOPE

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World Chess Champion & NIIT Mind Champion Viswana-

than Anand felicitates the winners of ‘NIIT National Corpo-

rate Chess Championship 2012’, an Indus Business Academy,

Bangalore sponsored event, on June 29, 2012

IBA @ KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS

Thursday, July 26, 2012:

In the honor of completing 13 years of Kargil War, students of

Indus Business Academy, Bangalore participated in the

Walkathon to commemorate the Kargil Vijay Diwas,

organized by The Flags of Honour Foundation, in order to re-

member the sacrifices of these often forgotten heroes and to

instill a sense of responsibility, civic pride and respect for the

Indian Defense Forces.

Kargil Vijay Diwas, as it is commonly called marks the victory

of India over Pakistan in a battle that claimed lives of more

than 500 Indian Soldiers.

There were 53 students from our college, who volunteered for

this event at the Queen’s Statute, MG Road and ended up at

the National Military Memorial, Opposite Planetarium.

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IBA, Bangalore—The Overall Champions at Naman 2012 organized by IFIM

IBA, Bangalore following the legacy won the overall trophy in 2012 at Naman organized by

IFIM. Swati Jain & Mousumi of PGDM 11-13 won 1st prize in Retail, Sauvik Paul & Prateek

grabbed 2nd prize in Marketing, Jisha & Meenakshi won 3rd prize in HR, Neel Kumar &

Ankur Jain stood 5th in B-Quiz & Rajesh Komma grabbed the Best CFO Award.

Flying Colors of Ankur Jain—PGDM 2012-14—Won 1st Prize in Aviator at Gravitas 2012

organized by VIT, Vellore.

Passing The Baton.....

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Festivals @IBA

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At IBA we can see and feel the colours of all the religion and diversity of India. Students belonging to all parts of India have gathered here with an aim gaining

knowledge and to build a prosperous career, as the students belong to a diverse background we at IBA celebrate all the festivals with equal enthusiasm.

Some of the Festivals celebrated at IBA are:

Janmastami 11th Aug, 2012 Ganesh Chaturthi 9th Sep, 2012 Gurunanak Jayanti 29th Sept,2012

Independence Day 15th Aug, 2012 Dussera 24th Oct, 2012 Christmas 25th Dec, 2012

Hope Day 20th Aug, 2012 Kannada Rajyotsav 7th Nov 2012

Onam 29th Aug, 2012 Deepavali 13th, Nov 2012

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Convocation Ceremony for 10th batch of

“INDUS BUSINESS ACADEMY-Bangalore”

29th September, 2012

It was a beautiful afternoon of 29th Sept, 2012 when the whole IBA family gathered to congratulate the 10th batch (2010-12) of Indus Business Academy, Bangalore for passing out successfully and wishing them all the lucks for their future endeavors. This auspicious day started with the blessings of “Goddess of Knowledge” after the above mentioned quotes of Saraswati Vandana were chanted by students which filled the aura with purity & peace. This magnificent event symbolizes “A new beginning” in the corporate world and was honoured by lightening of the lamp. Mr. H.K Agrawal was the chief guest for the day. Mr. Agrawal is presently the Director at Cosmos Film Ltd. and was formerly with Atomic Energy Commission, planning commis-sion of India and SRF Ltd. Mr. K.R Parmesvar who is the Advisor, UCAL Fuel Systems & Quest and Former, Exe. Director- B.H.E.L and Former Advisor to Planning Commission of India as well as Former Director of ISI, India was the guest of Honor. Well known dignitaries of IBA including Mr. B.M.L Jain – Chairman, IBA, Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director – IBA, Mr. Manish Jain, CEO, IBA, Mr. Hriday Mohan Jain & Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Governing council member along with all the faculty members graced the event with their presence. The ceremony started with the welcome speech by Mr. Manish Jain fol-lowed by addressing the gathering by Mr. B.M L Jain, Chairman – IBA and other speakers on dias. Students graduated with flying colors and the same proud was visible on their as well as their parent’s faces. Several students received various awards & Scholarships including Dr. Anil Agrawal’s Memorial Award worth Rs. 25,000/-which was grabbed by Mr. Srinivas of 2010-12 Batch, every student was conferred their degree certificate by Mr. Agrawal with a ray of hope to see them at top levels of different capacities in the new world, that they were stepping into. As our slogan goes “Think Beyond.. Think IBA”, its significance was well demonstrated by the Batch 10-12. It was now time to end the event by thanking all those who were present which was well presented by Prof. Ramesh with a hope that the passing out batch will make their Alma Mater proud at different levels.

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“Geared up to tell everyone the North East West South (News) of IBA”

~ Hena Kausar

“Its all about putting a portray in a written form. Feels a sense of pride to be a part of this eloquent committee”

~ Shruti Sridharan (Secretary)

“Dynamic platform for those who are looking forward to set their career in Digital Marketing. Personally, I feel it’s just another form of PAGE-03“

~ Debolina Das

“Keeping in mind the thought ‘pen is mightier than the sword’ I will show you the power of the pen and we will bring all the you all the news of IBA “

~ Renukanandan Aurangabadkar

“I feel humbled to be given an opportunity be part this

elite committee and will try my level best to contribute

significantly“ ~ Rachit Tiwari

“It’s a privilege to be a part of the Newsletter Com-

mittee and am looking forward to contribute to the

best of my ability” ~ Abhishek Gupta

“Looking forward to increase the knowhow

about IBA across all quarters”

~ Nirav Rajiv

Newsletter Team Batch 2012-14 Convocation Ceremony for 10th batch of

“INDUS BUSINESS ACADEMY-Bangalore”

29th September, 2012

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