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Volume 2 l Issue 2 l February 2016

Just three days prior to the inauguration of Make In India Week by PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai, Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI)

made 9 February 2016 a red letter day by signing an MOU with Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Maharashtra in the presence of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, to develop skilled manpower. The MOU was signed by Sameer Joshi, CEO & Director, KTI, and S S Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department, Government of Maharashtra, at Mantralaya, Mumbai, under the Kushal Maharashtra, Rozgaaryukta Maharashtra drive. While six other companies, Rustomjee, ICICI Skill Academy, Ola, Namasteji, Skill Mart and Gems & Jewellery Sector Skill signed similar MOUs along with KTI to skill and provide employment to a total of 1,92,000 youths in Maharashtra over the next five years, KTI alone has committed to provide 52 per cent of the total count (one lakh) while all the rest of the six companies put together will provide the remaining 48 per cent.

Kushal Maharashtra, Rozgaaryukta Maharashtra

KTI Commits To Skill And Employ One Lakh Youths In Next Five Years

Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET

KOHINOOR HOSPITALWe Have A Super Woman

Achiever In Kohinoor

Contributed by KTI, CCD(with inputs from media reports)

Sunita Nair, Head-HR of Kohinoor Hospitals Private Limited (KHPL) or Kohinoor Hospital as we better know it, has made us proud by winning the

prestigious Women Super Achiever Award. Let’s hear the story in her own words, “I was pleasantly surprised to be

informed by Mr Jack Jones, Global Chairman of World HRD Congress (Ascent, Times of India Group), that I had been nominated for the the prestigious Women Super Achiever Award for benchmarking talent and HR practices. I was given to understand that this award was based on ‘Global HR Excellence Award’ that KHPL won last year under the category of ‘Organization With Innovative HR Practices’. The award was conferred by Honourable Ms Karlene Maywald, Strategic Adviser to Government of Australia under the aegis of World HRD Congress on February 17, 2016 at Taj Lands’ End Hotel, Mumbai. The award was the result of team work at KHPL and the guidance from the top management.”

So we now have amongst us a Woman Super Achiever! Hearty congratulations to you, Sunita Nair, from all of us in Kohinoor. May you win more laurels in the years to come.

Contributed by Kohinoor Hospital-Team HR & Ashutosh Dolke, Kohinoor Group

KBS Annual ConvocationKohinoor Business School

(KBS) recently held its Annual Convocation for its MMS (Master of Management Studies) and PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) students of the 2013-15 batch at Kohinoor Education Complex in Kohinoor City. The occasion was graced by Kohinoor CMD Unmesh Joshi, KET (Kohinoor Education Trust) Governing Board Chairman CA Sunil Karve, KBS Acting Director Dr A A Attarwala, senior faculty members, students, parents and other guests.

Successful students were awarded degrees and diplomas by dignitaries CMD Unmesh Joshi, CA Sunil Karve and Dr A A Attarwala students excelling in academics and overall performance were delighted to be felicitated by them. CA Sunil Karve administered the Kohinoor Oath of Honour to the graduating students.

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Punjabi Tadka At Kohinoor Continental In Pics

Contributed by Sumant Pradhan, Kohinoor Continental

Kohinoor Continental hosted a Punjabi Food Festival - Punjabi Tadka - at its restaurant The Solitaire last month (January). They literally brought the

land of DDLJ (Diwaale Dulhania Le Jayenge) to Mumbai through this festival, with the robust Punjabi ambience, and of course, its mouth watering cuisine. The pictures say it all. The Food Festival proved to be a grand success.Mumbai ke Bahut se Dilwaale Punjab Daa Swaad Le Hi Gaye!


Contributed by Sadhana Patne, Kohinoor Hospital

Kohinoor Hospital’s Thoughtful ‘Valentine’ Gesture


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Kohinoor Blossoms Celebrates…

The little children of Kohinoor Blossoms came dressed to a T in colourful native clothes to represent the different states of our country to celebrate

Pongal, Makar Sankrant and Lohri. They presented an entertaining skit and dance depicting our age old traditions like worshipping the holy cow, making Pongal Rice, Til Laadoos and lighting the grand Lohri bonfire to celebrate the festival. All the staff members were dressed in traditional Indian attire to mark the festivals.

Students of Kohinoor Blossoms marked the birthday of the great freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose celebrated as Desh Prem Divas,

by dressing up as soldiers or in the tricolours. Some even dressed up as Netaji himself. Patriotic feelings were infused in the children by explaining the significance of the Indian National Flag to them. The children also befittingly danced to the tune of the popular deshbhakti song ‘Indiawaale’.

This year, Kohinoor Hospital planned a very special Valentine’s Day for its patients. The

patients were pleasantly surprised to receive beautiful letters from their near and dear ones expressing their deep love and concern for them. The hospital made the effort to give special Valentine’s Day Kohinoor Hospital Letterheads to the family members and relatives of the patients for them to write the letters and collected them well in advance to get them laminated by 14 February. The hospital staff then went around to each patient’s room on Valentine’s Day with their family members and relatives and presented the letters to them along with a small gift from the hospital. A truly noble gesture that touched the hearts of the patients and brought smiles to their faces!

You can see some of the lovely letters below

Pongal, Sankrant And Lohri Desh Prem Divas


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KIMI’S Advitiya 2016

The one-day cultural extravaganza – Advitiya - first held by Kohinoor-IMI (KIMI) on Kohinoor Global Campus in Khandala, has become a trademark event and

continues its legacy. The theme for Advitiya 2016 was ‘Castle of Dreams’. Held on Saturday, 6th February, Advitiya 2016 brought together more than 200 participants from schools, colleges and also professional academies from Pune, Mumbai, Lonavala and Khandala to compete in various hospitality and cultural competitions ranging from a Dance & Fashion Show to MasterChef and Mix-o-logy.

The competitions held were - The Royal Chef (MasterChef), Moon Shiners (Mix-o-logy), Paint your Dreams (Face Painting), Walk of Fame (Fashion Show), Ruling Since 1999 (Counterstrike), Dreams Beyond The Step (Dance Competition), Sponged Bob (Cake Décor), Instaclick (Photography), The Battle of Sounds (The War of DJs), Players Kingdom (Football) and Clash of Minds (Quiz). A Football Competition was also held on 30th January as part of this event.

Winners and Runners-up of each competition were awarded a trophy, prize money, vouchers and certificate. All participants received Participation Certificates.

The Kohinoor–IMI Fashion Show Team comprising Payal Jagtap, Mayuri Manvikar, Anuja Shahabadi, Nidhi Kataria, Elham Husssaini, Shweta Salvi, Mustafa Bohari, Akshay Bhandwalkar, Yugant Sharma, Amol Patil, Tejas Patkar and Joy Chandekar, emerged a winner of ‘Walk of Fame’.

Of course, the extravaganza and rejoicing was capped with a sumptuous dinner for all.

Contributed by Prof Merle Almeida & Prof Milind Pawar, KIMI

KIMI Students Emerge Winners In Two Competitions Students of Kohinoor International Management Institute (KIMI),

Kohinoor Global Campus, Khandala, participated in two competitions involving core hotel operations. Altogether these involved 24 competitions testing their ability, but the KIMI students emerged winners.

Karandak Symphony

KIMI Team 1- Tejas Redij, Nilesh Singh, Sudershan Gupta and Abhijeet Tamore - participated in Karandak Symphony Season 3, a two-day Annual Inter-Collegiate Competition organized by Sinhgad Institute Of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Lonavala. Nilesh Singh bagged the Winner Trophy of Signature for his innovative Murgh Ki Barfi.

KIMI Team 2 - Amreen Khokawala, Suhas Kadam, Aniket Gumgaonkar and Tejas Redi – won a trophy scaling the ninth position out of 24 participating teams at Atithya 2016, a three-day National Level event organized by AISSMS College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pune.

Participants of both competitions were given individual certificates too.

KET EFF-TECH CAFTTT – IT TIPS & TRICKSThe KET Eff-Tech CAFTTT – IT Tips & Tricks initiative continued into

2016 with 20 useful MS Office Quick Tips using various key combinations.

Reference: KET Konnect 2016-01

Compiled by Prof Merle Almeida, KIMI; Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET

Atithya 2016

Organized by physical education teacher and sports coordinator

Yashvant Taware, KAS students, teachers, faculty, and staff were exposed to various scintillating activities focusing on the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle.

Activities by the KAS students included dances, yoga, aerobics, inter-house soccer tournament (the houses being the four KAS pillars), treasure hunt, water games and a unique team race of emptying a large water basin one cup at a time and a slip-n-slide. Teachers and other staff members also sportingly participated in the activities along with the students infusing a spirit of camaraderie strengthening the bond between them.

A total of 14 students of Kohinoor Business School (KBS) from its Khandala and Mumbai campuses as are associated with Antraweb

Technologies, Mumbai, a 22-year old company having 185 employees. Some of them have been rapidly promoted to senior positions within a span of two or three years.

KBS alumni Priyank Shinde and Suraj Naskar recently won awards for achieving the maximum target in the Antraweb Premier League (APL), a quarterly Rewards & Recognition Program for its star performer employees. To add to it, the Guest of Honour for the event was also from Kohinoor Business School - Tapan Ishwad, Head-Placements.

Through the dogged efforts of KTI Manager (Franchisee Operations) Amirali Darvesh under the guidance of Vice President (Business

Development) Rahul Thapan and Vice President (Operations) Sunil Janardhan, Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) added two more franchisees to its existing network. The first franchisee is located in North Delhi while the other is down south in Hyderabad.

Kohinoor American School (KAS) students organized Field Day on 29 January to promote their second pillar – Wellness.



Kohinoor American School Students Have A ‘Field Day’

KBS Alumni Make Their Alma Mater Proud

KTI Adds Two More

Franchisees To Its Network

THE FOUR PILLARS OF KAS


Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET Contributed by KTI CCD


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KTI’s Ambernath Branch Shines In The New Year

The Ambernath Branch of Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) has begun the New Year with a

bang by superseding its admission and collection targets for January 2016. Business Unit Manager (BUM) of the branch Sneha Kamthe achieved this feat by kickstarting the year with a number of innovative activities to engage and empower her team without neglecting the core business. The activities included a Career Guidance Seminar at Bhausaheb Paranjape High School; Campus Interview for students of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research & Training Institute (BARTI); Rozgar Melava at Ambernath Nagar Palika; Employee Engagement Activities like ‘College Days’, ‘Sports Competition’ and ‘New Year Celebrations’ and Marketing through Handbill Distribution.

That was not all. A Technical Exhibition on a huge scale was organized by the branch in the first week of January. This earned them a letter of appreciation from CEO Vidya Raut of Vidya Vikas Education Society. Appreciating the efforts of the branch, the CEO stated in her letter that she would be sending her Director (Academics) to Ambernath Centre to take a leaf out of their book by understanding the dynamics of executing a similar Technical Exhibition of such a mammoth scale for her institution.

Pleased with the results, Ambernath BUM Sneha Kamthe said, “The main purpose of kickstarting the New Year with multiple activities such as Sports Competition, Campus Interview and College Day celebrations was to improve team engagement

within the branch, train the team members to handle pressure and interact with students ensuring good word-of-mouth publicity and generating good PR leading to student satisfaction and more enrolments.

These activities have improved the confidence level of students and faculty members. I am confident that we will achieve similar results for the month of February”.

Contributed by KTI CCD



Career Guidance Seminar Gives A Boost To KTI Jaipur Branch

Kohinoor Hospital Activities

A Career Guidance Seminar conducted by the KTI Team comprising Business Analyst Neel

Bhende and faculty members Hashim Ali and Abdul Razzique at Bright Flowers Secondary School in Jaipur in January gave a strong boost to KTI’s Jaipur Branch. Conceptualized by Neel Bhende egged on by KTI CEO & Director Sameer Joshi and VP (Operations) Sunil Janardhan, the seminar attracted an audience of 59 students of Std 8, 9, 10, the girls outnumbering the boys, with additional participation of four teachers.

The KTI Team extensively educated the students on Skill Development Objectives of the Government; Environmental Scan, Market Study and Student Aspiration; Government Vision for the Youth for Year 2022 and the KTI Story. The Team counselled students on various educational paths open to them by offering vacation/short-term courses.

Highly impressed, Founder & Principal Abdul Majid of the school remarked, “This was a historic program for the school. Never before has any educational institute of such repute headquartered in Mumbai come to deliver a session around career guidance and counselling in the past 40 years of its existence. Every higher secondary student requires

an informative and dynamic seminar that will prepare them for those life-changing career decisions that they face. This seminar from Kohinoor Technical Institute will put them in touch with today’s changing global marketplace trends and tomorrow’s career opportunities.”

Principal Abdul Majid will be recommending KTI to a few other schools in his jurisdiction where the student strength is not less than 1500 and the classes would run up to Std 12. This could be a well-deserved turning point in the future of Jaipur Branch since inception.

For Neel Bhende, in his own words, “This has been a historic and life-changing event for me on a personal level as this is the first national level career guidance seminar conceptualized and presented by me with full support from the faculty of KTI Jaipur Branch. To conduct the seminar in association with a school and the founder, whose pedigree and passion has ignited students and motivated them

to open up and speak without any fear, has been a humble and learning experience for me. Young people have high ambitions, they expect to be highly educated and have professional careers as was mentioned by a few students in the seminar. However, research has found that almost two-thirds of them do not develop coherent plans for achieving their goals. Career guidance and counselling seminars such as these can provide students with necessary tools to set career goals and give them an understanding of the education and skills they need to meet their goals.”

Contributed by Neel Bhende, KTI

Guest Lecture & Physical Examination At Gyan Yadnya, Somaiya College

Kohinoor Hospital organized an educative guest lecture by Dr Rohan and a physical examination camp at Gyan Yadnya, Somaiya College,

Vidyavihar (East) on 30 January for the benefit of citizens. Physical examination included basic and vital parameters like measurement of height, weight, BMI (Body Mass Index), pulse, blood pressure combined with Free Blood Sugar and ECG (ElectroCardioGram).


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Medical Camps

Glimpses Of KBS Alumni Meet 2016

At India Post on 28 January

At ONGC on 3 & 4 February

Contributed by Neha Vishwakarma, Kohinoor Hospital


Kohinoor Hospital Activities...



The Placement season in Kohinoor Business School (KBS) this year saw some well-known

established brands on the campus. Along with the regular recruiters, there were new companies too offering good job profiles and attractive packages to KBS Final Year students. Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET

KBS Placement Gains Momentum

Once again, Sales and Marketing dominated with a plethora of companies recruiting KBS students. Leading Financial Firms too gave many good offers to the Finance students.

Placement activities have been in progress from October 2015. Companies like MRF Tyres,

Indusind Bank, JK Tyres, L&T Infotech, Axis My India, ABEC Ltd, CMIE, HFFC, ICICI Prudential AMC, ICICI Securities, Imarticus Learning (Recruiting partner for Goldman Sachs), IDFC Bank, ISS Services, The Morning Star, Nomura Services, 99acres.com, Indiabulls Real Estate, Decathalon, Sony Dadc, The Research Tree, Thomson Reuters, Decimal Point, XL Dynamics and Godrej & Boyce have conducted interviews while Axis Bank, Crisil, Aarti Industries, Madura Garments, Kuehne and Nagel are in still the process.

Till date, 50 plus students, both PGDM and MMS, have been placed.

This year, KBS has seen a substantial increase in the number of companies visiting its campus. What is more encouraging is that most of the recruiters have promised to come back next year in the placement season.

(Figures as on 21.1.16)

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American Library recently conducted a session on Teaching Management

Principles Through Films for Kohinoor Business School (KBS) students on the KBS campus in Kohinoor City.

Vice Consul for Political Affairs Rishi Kapoor made a presentation on the subject using documentary film clippings. He explained the importance of various management principles like conflict management, problem solving techniques, team building and many more.

Technical Services Librarian Simran Nagra invited the students to visit the American Library in Mumbai while sharing information about American library services and its e-resources which would benefit KBS students for their study and research.

Kohinoor Business School (KBS) hosted the second edition of the Indian Financial Markets Convention 2016 on its campus in end January. Hosting

this convention was a first for KBS. The topic for the convention was - Financial markets in India: Deepening through Inclusivity and Equivalency with Global Markets.

The convention had two segments - a Panel Discussion and a Lecture Session. Chief Guest Radha Shyam Ratho, CGM, Financial Markets Operations, Reserve Bank of India, and KBS Acting Director Dr A A Attarwala inaugurated the convention. The keynote address was delivered by the Chief Guest. The event was graced by eminent industry bigwigs along with senior faculty members and students of Kohinoor Business School.

Speakers and panel members who participated in the panel discussion were - Ashish Parthasarthy, Treasury Head, HDFC Bank (Moderator of the Panel); Sangeet Shukla, former Dy MD, State Bank of India; Madhav Nair, CEO & Country Manager, Mashreq Bank India; Karan Mehrishi, Lead Economist, SMERA Ratings; Chandru Badrinarayanan, ED & Head-Client Coverage, South Asia, Morgan Stanley Capital International; Radhakrishnan Nair, former ED, SEBI and Wholetime member IRDA; Manas Shukla, VP-Segment Head, ETF, Edelweiss Asset Management. The eminent speakers shared their valuable views on Outlook towards the US, China & Indian Economy and Oil Prices.

Hosting this convention was an invigorating experience for KBS.

PGDM First Year students of Kohinoor Business School (KBS) Priyanka Bheke, Vidhi Gutka, Aayush Shah, Dastagir

Kolsawala and Rahul Maurya emerged Runners-Up at Konfluxx ’16 held in January by IBS Business School, Mumbai. Apart from KBS, among the nine teams that participated in the event were top B-Schools like IBS Ahmedabad, NMIMS, CRYST University, SIES Nerul and AIAMS.

Events included Business Baazigar, B-Plan, Mercadeo Triathlon and other cultural and sports events. Mercadeo Triathlon was a very interesting management game involving: Brando Mania – the same product was given to each team and participants had to list down as many brands as possible; Brand Mera Desi – participants had to identify whether the displayed products in the video were national or international brands; Tumble The Jumble - Jumbled taglines were given and all teams had to rearrange them into the correct one and identify the brand, Deal or No Deal - Every team had to challenge another team with a question for some points; Bech Ke Dikhao - Every team was given a particular product which they had to sell to five countries and earn credit points from them.

Priyanka Bheke, Aayush Shah, Dastagir Kolsawala and Rahul Maurya bagged the Runner-Up trophy, a cash prize of ` 5000 and certificates in Mercadeo Triathlon. In addition, Priyanka Bheke and Vidhi Gutka together were Runners-Up in the Carrom Doubles Competition winning a cash prize of ` 1500.

TEACHING MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES THROUGH FILMS

American Library Conducts Session At KBS

KBS Hosts Indian Financial Markets Convention 2016


Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET Contributed by Sachin Mistry, KET

KBS PGDM First Year Students Runners-Up At Konfluxx ’16



The faculty team of KIMI - Kohinoor International Management Institute (School of Hospitality Management), Khandala, headed by Prof Peter

Gomes, brought in the new year by counselling students of St Patrick’s High School and Junior College, Fatima Nagar, and Vidya Bhavan High School and Junior College in Pune on various Careers in Hospitality Management that are open to them. A free KIMI Campus Tour will also be arranged to give students and parents a deeper insight into the program and the hospitality industry.

Counselling Students On Careers In Hospitality Management

Educational Trip For KIMI First Year Students

KIMI - Kohinoor International Management Institute

First Year students of KIMI, Khandala, were taken on an Educational Trip to Gowardhan’s Bhagyalaxmi Cow Farm and Go Cheese Plant on 15th of January. The students were given a Video Presentation and

Introduction to the Cheese making process.Thereafter, they visited The Bhagyalaxmi Cow Farm where they witnessed the unique Cow Milking Process

involving India’s First Rotary Milk Process and Automatic Milking of more than 3000 cows at a time with amazing precision.

The students also visited Asia’s biggest Cheese Plant – Go Cheese Plant and actually saw how milk products are made.

The students and faculty members returned with Gift Hampers of Milk Products given by the hosts which made all of them ‘say cheese’.

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