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CONCLAVES: Finance & EconomicsMarketing, HR & Operations

The welcome address was delivered by 42 crores to the rural population for the beneficiaries act as a source of help

Dr. S R Musanna, Director, Jaipuria various purposes. He concluded by and inspiration to one another.

Institute of Management, Lucknow. saying that financial inclusion can only Mrs. Rajwati, a beneficiary of the

be achieved by micro-financing and that Mr. Daljeet Singh talked about the socio- RGMVP, who attended the conclave

there is immense growth potential in the e c o n o m i c s t r u c t u r e o f I n d i a , shared that the scheme has not only

rural sector. emphasizing that 62% of the farmers given her a louder say in seeking justice

are exempted from the formal and The other speaker for the session was but also has transformed her and many

informal credit banking system. He said Mr. P. S. Mohanan, CEO & State other women into women both capable

that microfinance is the need of the hour Programme Director, Rajiv Gandhi of shaping their present and creating a

in order to provide India's rural populace Mahila Vikas Pariyojna (RGMVP). He better tomorrow.

with bank credit and other financial talked about the role of RGMVP in The session was then taken forward by

services to improve their income identifying the target beneficiaries of Mr. Rajat Singh, COO, Ujjivan Financial

structure. For the same, NABARD the scheme and creating safety nets for Services Pvt. Ltd.

started the Self-Help Groups (SHG) them. He elaborated by saying that it The vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. based on the Gramin Bank Model of works by empowering the poor to be the S hya m j i M e h ro t r a , P l a c e m e n t Bangladesh for easy availability of bank change they wish to see around. An Chairperson, Jaipuria Institute of credit to the poor. Today, there are about analogy of note, that he mentioned was Management. 72 lakh SHGs that have loaned Rupees "A rising tide lifts all boats", implying that

FINANCE & ECONOMICS CONCLAVEFebruary 8, 2014

The Finance and Economics Conclave at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow was inaugurated by Honourable Mr. Daljeet Singh, GM, NABARD.

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The welcome address was delivered by the institute's director, minds of their customers. He added that 'To think global, and

Dr. S R Musanna, who talked about an innovative and act local' is the need of the hour.

sustainable approach to development in this era of cut-throat The other speaker for the session was Mr. Achal N.

competition. He said that the essence of customer experience Rangaswamy, Director-Marketing and Operations at Advatech

management lies in defining customer satisfaction and then in Cera Tiles Ltd. ( ACT Ltd.), the author of his upcoming book

the efficacy of the companies in quantifying it. 'Discovering the Joy of Selling' and the recipient of the "AMA-

The welcome address was followed by the introduction of the Zydus Cadila Marketing Man of the Year Award (2008). He

theme of the event "Customer Experience Management" by Dr. emphasized on the point that "Instead of selling what a

Shalini Nath Tripathi, a member of the Faculty (Marketing product contains, one should sell what a product can do for its

area). customers". He further emphasized that unless one knows

how to sell the product, one cannot market the product to the The event commenced with Mr. V. P. Kamath talking to

customers. He concluded by saying that to successfully students about the transformation both in terms of technology

manage customer experience one has to feel 'for', 'with' and and globalization that India is a witness to over the last

'within' the customer. In other words, to get a better insight, decade. He also talked about the importance of relationship

one has to step into the shoes of one's customer. management while taking care of the customer and the

various loyalty programs that sectors like aviation and The vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. A. S. Sandhya, Area-

hospitality have initiated and adopted to get under the skin of Chairperson-Marketing area, Jaipuria Institute of

their customers. He concluded by saying that for students to Management, Lucknow.

become good marketers, they first need to become great

salespersons, to get an insight on what goes around in the

MARKETING CONCLAVEFebruary 22, 2014

The Marketing Conclave themed "Customer

Experience Management" at Jaipuria Institute

of Management, Lucknow was inaugurated by

Mr. V P Kamath, Group Chief Operating Officer

at Nova Medical Centers Pvt. Ltd., recipient of

the Bharat Excellence Award and the Rashtriya

Jewel Award.

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HUMANRESOURCECONCLAVEMarch 13, 2014

The Human Resource Conclave themed “Recruiters’ Expectations: From Campus to Corporate” at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow was inaugurated on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

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The speakers were welcomed by the things which recruiters look for. These Mr. Shubhmay Chatterjee, General

institute’s director, Dr. S. R. Musanna. things according to him are: consistency Manager – HR, Bajaj Corporation

of performance, commitment and Limited, delineated the career path It was followed by the introduction of the

clarity in decision-making. He further wh ich a management s tudent theme of the event “Recruiters’

focussed on ‘attitude’ and ‘work ethics’. under takes , beg inn ing w i th a Expectat ions: From Campus to

He emphasized that in a nutshell, Management Trainee, through various Corporate” by Dr. Manisha Seth, a

“Unlearning, learning and relearning” levels such as M4, M3 and M2 to member of the Faculty (Human

define the crux of the recruiters’ becoming the GM of the company. He Resource Management).

expectations. further intimated the details of the The event commenced with Mr. Ved recruitment process for a Management

The next speaker for the session, Ms. Krishna, MD of Yash Papers highlighting Trainee, such as the GD and PI which

Rolly Srivastava, GM- HR, Crystal Crop the importance of certain key attributes screen the prospective candidates.

Protection Ltd. began by saying, that recruiters look for. Some of them

“Students consistently choose to be The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. are: ‘readiness to fail’; ‘readiness to

marginalized” which needs to be Athar Mahmood, Area-Chairperson-learn’; ’readiness to challenge’;

avoided. She stated that while Human Resource Management area, ‘readiness to remain optimistic when

‘knowledge’ and ‘skills’ are important, it Jaipuria Institute of Management, the times are tough’ and the like. He

is the ‘ability’ and ‘attitude’ of Lucknow. emphasized that in team-work the most

prospective employees that matters important quality is ‘making your

m o s t . S h e e m p h a s i z e d t h a t colleagues successful’.

‘receptiveness’, ‘integrity’ and ‘attitude’ Mr. Tanmay Parikh, Country Head-HR, make a difference for a prospective Videocon Group focussed on a few employee and not a degree.

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The Operations Conclave themed “Operations Management: Mr. Rajiv Gupta talked about the basic requirements of an

Lifeline of Businesses” at Jaipuria Institute of Management, organisation, related to operations management and how the

Lucknow was organized on March 22, 2014. The eminent DHL group helps the companies in meeting with such

speakers at the conclave were Mr. Varun Tewari, Chairman & demands. He also mentioned that operations management is

Managing Director, Triveni Almirah Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow; Mr Rajiv the backbone of every organisation as it brings together the

Gupta, Trade Lane Manager – CEE DHL Global Forwarding, available resources to overcome the bottlenecks and

Mumbai; and Mr. Aditya Kapoor, Zonal Operations Manager – constraints of the organisation and to utilise them to the best

North, Drive India Enterprises Solutions Limited, Lucknow. of their advantage.

The welcome address was given by the Institute’s Director Dr. Mr. Aditya Kapoor talked about the importance of logistics in

S. R. Musanna. He talked about the importance of discipline in the operations sector. Because operations management has

all walks of life and how a disciplinarian attitude leads to become a fast growing industry, big brands like LG, Videocon,

success. Samsung etc. are making huge investments in logistics. In the

same context Walmart has one of the best logistics Mr. Varun Tewari talked about the importance of the process of

management in the world. He concluded by saying that for the manufacturing in operations management and emphasised

smooth functioning of every manufacturing and service on how patience plays a significant role in the rise of a good

industry it has to have a well lubricated operations business. Passion and enthusiasm are the most important

management system. factors that drive a businessman to excellence. To achieve

success in life one should ardently follow his passion to the T The vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Vinod Kumar Chib,

and that passion should reflect in all that he does. Operations Conclave Coordinator, Jaipuria Institute of

Management, Lucknow.

March 22, 2014

The Operations Conclave themed

“Operations Management: Lifeline of

Businesses” at Jaipuria Institute of

Management, Lucknow was organized

on March 22, 2014.

OPERATIONSCONCLAVE 2014

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PRE-SUMMERINTERNSHIPWORKSHOP

The two-day long Pre-Summer Internship Workshop (March 20-21, 2014) was held at Jaipuria, Lucknow. The workshop was themed on the spirit of

"Intrapreneurship - a spirit with which an employee starts thinking and acting as an entrepreneur or as an owner of an organization”.

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The Inaugural Session was taken by Eagles’ Cocoon. Mr. company actually does. She shared some experiences and

Piyush Sehgal, the Chief Coach and Managing Director of emphasized on being alert during the period of their training.

Eagles' Cocoon and Mr. Manik Sharma, the Co-founder of She advised the students to focus on ‘making sales/ profit’ in

Eagles’ Cocoon guided the students about how to do the the marketing area, ‘retaining talent’ in Human Resource area

ordinary things in an extraordinary manner to be extraordinary. and ‘decreasing costs’ in Finance area during their SIPs.

They advised the students to find reasons for everything that There was a session on ‘SIP in Banking’ delivered by Prof.

they do and answer it in a simple way. They further advised the Shyamji Mehrotra, Professor (Training & Placements), Jaipuria

students to have the ‘fire’ to do things. They emphasized that Institute of Management, Lucknow. He emphasized that

the students should find opportunity to work if they do not get classroom-learning should be applied to understand the

one. The Inaugural Session had four parts (i) Fire, (ii) practicalities of the banking industry. He advised the students

Conviction, (iii) Vision-Setting and (iv) Dreams. to have problem-solving approach during their SIP.

A Panel Discussion was held on “The role of SIP in Career Mr. Ashish Mathur who is a Trainer conducted a session on

Building”. Mr. Abhishek Bhatnagar, Senior Manager, Indian successful handling of SIP on March 21, 2014. He started his

Oil; Mr. Piyush Sharma, GM, Reliance Communication; and session with an ice-breaking game called Bhulaiya-2 which

Ms. Seema Vasudev, Senior Manager (HR), Srei Sahaj was creative and innovative. He emphasized that SIP

participated in the Panel Discussion. They discussed the experience helps in developing a framework for future. He

importance of SIP and expectations of companies from advised the students to value their SIP as much as they would

summer trainees. Mr. Piyush Sharma delivered an value their first job. The two-day Workshop also had sessions

enlightening speech through which he made the students about ‘Increasing effectiveness of SIP through soft skills’,

know the dos and don’ts of SIP. He advised the students to ‘Handling Research Based Project (Quantitative R e s

avoid politicizing and criticizing the company’s policies. Mr. earch)’, ‘Non Research based Project

Abhishek Bhatnagar said that students should be more (Qualitative Research)’ and ‘Report

focused on the ‘learnings’ they take away from the SIP. Ms. Writing’.

Seema Vasudev appealed to the students to learn what the 05

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Mr. Navneet Sikera, DIG, Lucknow

Range addressed the students

and faculty on March 5, 2014.

ANINTERACTIVE

SESSION

Mr. Navneet Sikera, DIG, Lucknow Range addressed the

students and faculty on March 5, 2014.

The Director General, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Dr.

Pankaj Gupta, delivered the Welcome Address.

Sharing his own experiences, the reverent speaker proved to

the students that failures are the prerequisite to become

successful. He elaborated by saying, “Failing again and again

and rising again and again” is the skill one must definitely

master.” He expressed that it is the ‘persona’ which takes a

person ahead in life. He further expressed that “work is

logical” and “people are psychological.” He vividly highlighted

the importance of big dreams, focus, passion, hard-work,

persistence, ethics and humility in life. He concluded by

saying, “Ships are not meant for yards” and urged the

students to keep sailing and following knowledge like a

smiling star. He concluded by emphasizing, “You live only

once; so live it up.”

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The game is designed and administered they also had to decide on the number of The Final of Business Simulation was

by the team from All India Management units they needed to produce of each played on 2nd of April, 2014. 8 teams

Association; New Delhi. product and to determine the raw played (two finalist teams from each

material requirement of the same. The campus of Jaipuria Institute of During this exercise, the students were

team which was able to simulate the Management) five Quarters online divided into 6 groups. In each group

optimum market demand and supply through the day. The Business there were 10 teams of 4 members

requirement and generate the highest Simulation Case was Steel Industry. each. From each group two teams were

cumulative PAT was declared the shortlisted for the final rounds. The task The winning team of Jaipuria National

winner. Round 1 followed the trial round before every team was to simulate the Champions 2013-2014 after Round 5

on the same pattern, but all the four business management of a hypothetical is: the team comprising Angshuman

products had to be necessarily launched company. The winning criterion for Kalita (JL13PGDM064), Anirban Saha

in time.evaluation of the performance of the (JL13PGDM065) and Juhi Shukla (JL13

team of students was the Cumulative On the second day, round 2, 3, 4 and 5 RM31) of Jaipuria, Lucknow campus.

Profit After Tax (cum PAT) at the end of were held. The students had to make Reported by: Jayendra Patidar (JL13

the last quarter (5th quarter) in the decisions on the production-level of the PGDM 083) & Anshul Bajpai (JL13

game. domestic market of Walmart, and then PGDM073)

decide on various aspects like The students were given a hypothetical

insurance, market-share price, growth company called MPX Music Player

of the company etc.wherein they had a list of four products

to be launched by the company. The On the last day, the twelve teams with

students in the trial round had to decide the highest cumulative PAT entered the

whether or not to launch all the products final round and competed with other

at the same time. In the same context teams.

CHANAKYASIMULATIONGAMESChanakya Simulation Games were organised by Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow in association with All India Management Association from March 27 to March 29, 2014.

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On March 13, 2014, E-cell, the student body under CED

(Center for Entrepreneurship Development), of Jaipuria

Institute of Management, Lucknow organized an

interactive session with two Lucknow based

Entrepreneurs.

The guest speakers were Mr. Durgesh Nandann, Director –

Inmotion Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd., which functions by

advertising on auto-rickshaws not only in Lucknow but also in

various cities of U.P and Rajasthan and Mr. Pramesh Agarwal

owner of 300stories.com, Lucknow’s first online library

where one can rent unlimited books, to be read in an unlimited

span of time. Both the speakers talked about various

opportunities that every person should look for and the

challenges that a startup faces initially.

The whole purpose of this interaction was to promote

entrepreneurial culture among the students. The event was a

great success as all the students present in session actively

participated by asking relevant questions to the speakers. The

two speakers ignited the fire of self dependency, optimism

and the ability to face the challenges among the students and

to make them acquainted with the reality of starting their own

venture.

E-CELLACTIVITYActivity 1: Follow your Passion

March 13, 2014

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E-CELLACTIVITY

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On 16th March, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development your own, form a clear vision of what they want and then divide

(CED), Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow hosted the it into small and achievable goals. The audience received the

third edition of ‘Bootstrap Weekend’, an initiative started by a story as a source of great motivation for them and cleared their

few Lucknow-based Entrepreneurs and CED of Jaipuria doubts by asking relevant questions to both the speakers

Institute of Management with an aim to provide a proper about their respective ventures.

platform to the existing startups in the City, where they can This inspiring interaction was followed by a brainstorming

meet, share and solve their business issues and also learn session, in which all the entrepreneurs discussed about

from these experiences.various issues that could be discussed in the future sessions

Two guest speakers Mrs. Tanushree Gupta, visionary and and everyone made efforts to derive a conclusion and a list of

owner of Mr. Brown Bakery and Mr. Abhinav Krishna, Co- ideas spontaneously contributed by the members was

founder of My fitness Wallet, a Singapore based startup were gathered.

invited to interact with the enthusiastic audience present in

the conference hall of the institute. The session was attended

by about 35 Lucknow based Entrepreneurs and also some

students from JIM, Lucknow and a student from AMITY

University, NOIDA.

Both the speakers shared the stories of their journey. Giving a

clear message to the audience to build the courage to start on

Activity 2: Bootstrap Weekend

March 13, 2014

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Better Placement, best job opportunities are certain issues of Big Bazaar from 21st to 27th January, 2014 during their

which a management student grapples with during his Sabse Saste Din program. The training provided a hands-on

management studies, hence it emerges to be the topmost experience to the students, and helped them in better

barometer of success of students. Jaipuria in its commitment understanding customer management, managing in-store

to produce industry-ready professionals has various traffic, shopping behavior etc.

measures and keeps on adding more to ensure that their The students found the training to be of immense help and an

students are not only well- placed but contribute and excel in eye-opener experience. The organization also lauded the

their chosen field. effort and behavior of students during the training program.

Around 75 students of Jaipuria Institute of Management,

Lucknow participated in on the job training in various outlets

ON THE JOB TRAINING:GEARING FOR GRABBING THE JOB

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INDUSTRIALVISIT

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On February 17, 2014, students of Entrepreneurship subject division and get dispatched from here. Raw material, that is,

taught by Professor Reena Agarwal went for an Industrial visit to yarns are imported from Taiwan.

KARAM, located at the Amausi Industrial Area Lucknow. The Strict quality parameters are laid out for manufacturing and

Factory was started in the year 1994. It is spread over 9 acres of systems’ operations, and followed to the core. The Company has

land area and has 2000 employees working for the growth of the achieved the systems certification of ISO 9001-2008 from UKAS

company. Company manufactures and sells personal safety (UK), and regular and stringent audits keep the pace at KARAM

products such as harness, belts, shell mates, load arresters and ahead at all times.

other safety products. During the visit to the company’s Miss Hina told the students that entrepreneurship is cashing an manufacturing unit which manufactures products only for the opportunity and the students shall be able to identify their purpose of exports, the students had a discussion with Miss Hina, opportunity. She said that even if students have bizarre ideas but Business Development Officer of KARAM. She said that the are passionate about it they should pursue it. Giving an example company was started by two persons and all the products are of her own company, she said that when owners of company manufactured completely in-house; it is entirely vertically started business there was no market of personal protective integrated, and hence unique. All the components of the Fall equipments and being the first one to create the market, today Protection range of KARAM products are produced within one they are leaders. The success of their business is achieved large campus, and yarn and steel are credited as being the only majorly because of team work and positive attitude of people main raw material for the same. The purpose is to have a working in the company. complete control over the finest details of manufacturing in order

to reach the highest levels of quality standards. Major challenges in their business include adhering to the law

and norms of various countries while making products, inventory Division I deals with metal-operations which are extensive, management and lead time. Prices are set by the competition. covering all aspects of manufacturing on CNC machines. The Unit There is always a constant war between operations and is equipped with its own in-house Tools and Dye Making marketing department of the company.workshop, with the latest CNC machines. The division also has an

intensive center of Research and Design. Here, the work is Major success factors include the transparency in the system, carried employing the latest technology in computer graphics and proper communication (open monthly meetings and annual technical designing. meetings), regular auditing of all functions, daily reporting,

leverage to team leader.Division II majorly produces textile products such as belts and

ropes for harness. The products finally get assembled in this Reported by: Ajay Wadhwa (JL12PGDM011)

Message by company’s Vice President Kavita Nigam: “There are equal chances of success and failure in business.

Budding entrepreneurs shall have courage to take risks in life. Even when they start earning, they have to plough back a

lot of money in business to become successful.” Stating the example of denying a big project of Reliance, she said that

sometimes a conscious ‘NO’ is extremely important in business when you know that you will not be able to fulfill

customer requirements. She added that a rational approach must be followed in business.

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Rio+21 - IYWC India Certification Program is a

national level short term course for Indian College

students across all streams. Social Responsibility

Committee provided opportunity to students of the

Institute to do this project with United Nations. 12

students of Jaipuria Institute of Management,

Lucknow successfully completed it and received

certificates.

The students who participated in the project included

Swati Mehta, Himja Mishra, Shoumi Bhattacharya,

Shekhar Jaiswal, Tanvi Kapoor, Naina Sharma,

Monisha Yadav, Yamini Baghel, Ekta Sahu, Monika

Dixit, Neha Singh, Mansi Dwivedi. Rahul Jaiswal was

the Project Leader and Bhagyashree Misra was the

Project Coordinator.

PROJECTInternational Year of Water Conservation

India (IYWC) is the 2013-2014 Rio+21

program to promote Water Conservation

& Sustainable Development among the

citizens of India especially among the

student community.

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GUESTLECTURE SERIES

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In the subject, Business Marketing Management, Mr. Nilanjan FINANCEMukherjee, GM- HR & Training (Proplarity group) delivered a

In the subject, Entrepreneurship a lecture was delivered by Mr. lecture on “Business Markets in India" on March 20, 2014.

D.S. Verma, Executive Director, Indian Industry association on In the subject, Store Operations, Mr. Inderpal Singh Bindra, “The support given by IIA to the budding managers” on Store Manager, Bharti Retail Ltd. delivered a lecture on “Store February 04, 2014.Audit” on March 6, 2014.

In the same subject, a lecture was delivered by Saurabh In the same subject, Parkhee Srivastava, Senior HR Executive, Mishra, CEO, NEXTGEN-BIO on “How to initiate a venture and Big Bazaar, Lucknow delivered a lecture on Store operations what challenges entrepreneurs have to face” on February 12, related issues such as managing CSD, getting and renewal 2014.of licenses, loss and loss prevention measures, annual plan

In the subject Financial Management-II, Mr. Vasudev and breaking it into day to day targets etc. on March 27, 2014.

Vasandani, Manager (Finance), Tata motors, Lucknow In the same subject, Mr. Abhishek, owner of “Pat a cake” delivered two lectures on “Introduction to Working Capital delivered a lecture on issues and challenges in running a Management” February 15, 2014.bakery business and running a chain of stores on March 27,

In the same subject, a lecture was delivered by Mr. Keshav 2014.

Agarwal, Chief Branch Manager, India Bulls, Lucknow on “Risk In the subject Services Marketing, Mr. Anshuman Singh, Management” on March 12, 2014.Deputy Branch head, Standard Chartered Bank, Lucknow

MARKETING conducted a lecture on “Customer Service Strategies in

Service Sector” on March 27, 2014.In the subject, Marketing Research, Mr. Sushant Kumar, Social

Media Analyst, Drizzlin Media delivered a lecture on

“Netnography as a Marketing Research Tool” on January 04,

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DECISION SCIENCES

In the subject Human Resource Management, Parkhee In the subject Research Methods in Management, five

Srivastava, Senior HR Executive, Big Bazaar, Lucknow lectures were delivered by Mr. Tushar Anchal, National Advisor,

conducted two lectures on March 12 and March 15, 2014 on Plan India on the topic “Research design” on February 8, 10

“Performance Management at Big Bazaar”. and 15, 2014.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY In the same subject, Dr. Praveen Shukla, Director (Social

Statistics Division), Central Statistical Organization (CSO), In the subject Dashboard Reporting, a lecture was delivered

New Delhi delivered a lecture on “Sampling and Survey by Mr. Kunal Chadha, Manager-CLM in Product Marketing

Administration” on March 19, 2014.Domain at Bharti Airtel Ltd. Co on “Creating easy to read

reports – displaying of dynamic tables with different columns” In the subject Quantitative Analysis for Management-II, Mr.

model’ on February 01, 2014. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Research Officer, Finance Department,

Secretariat, Government of U.P. delivered a lecture on In the same subject, Ms. Parkhee Srivastava, Sr. HR Executive,

‘Queuing Theory and Simulation Models’ on January 25, 2014.Big Bazaar delivered a lecture on Creating Interactive

Dashboard on March 25, 2014. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

In the subject Information Technology Tools for Management, In the subject Project Management, Mr. Devendra Sharma,

a lecture was delivered by Mr. Kunal Chadha, Manager-CLM in Senior Manager, Tata Motors, Lucknow delivered a lecture on

Product Marketing Domain at Bharti Airtel Ltd. Co on and ‘Scheduling and Managing Projects’ on January 25, 2014. In

‘Spreadsheet designing for CAPM model’ on February 01, the subject Operations Management, Mr. Ananga Das, Senior

2014. Manager, Tata Motors, Lucknow delivered two lectures on

‘Introduction to Operations Management’ on January 20, In the same subject, Parkhee Srivastava, Sr. HR Executive, Big

2014. Bazaar delivered a lecture on Montey Carlo Simulation on

March 25, 2014. In the subject Operations Management, Ms. Neha Agnihotri,

Sr. Manager at Regional Channel Head UP (Banking & ND), SBI In the subject Management Information Systems, two lectures

Funds Management Private Ltd., delivered two lectures on the were delivered by Mr. Neelabh Srivastav, CEO of Greenfield IT

topic “The importance of Service Operations Management in Solutions on ‘Understanding Databases, traditional file

Service Sector” on February 4 and 5, 2014.systems vs. DBMS’ on February 14, 2014.

In the same subject, Mr. C. V. Singh (Ex. Vice President, Tata In the same subject, Mr. Neeraj Dayal, Proprietor, Deltagear

Motors Ltd.) delivered a lecture on March 31, 2014 on Technologies delivered a lecture on “Revenue Model and

Production, Processes and Quality in operations area.Payment System – Industry Norms of E-commerce” n March

31, 2014.14

On February 2, 2014 an industrial visit faculty, accompanied the students. HR was knowledge-driven. In the end,

to Pizza Hut, Saharaganj (Lucknow) was Students learnt about the various students enjoyed the pan pizzas at Pizza

organized by HR and Communication aspects of operations management like Hut .The visit was a complete quantum

club together. The tour was attended by inventor y management, qual i ty of knowledge and fun for the students.

first batch of 36 first year students. measures executed for various Reported by: Tulika Chopra

preparations, menu management etc. Students were briefed about the (JL13PGDM120)

In HR area, students had a lot of learning functioning of the operations and HR

about the appraisal, training and and their execution in different

development, recruitment and selection departments under their wings.

at different levels of the organization. Dr. Manisha Seth, a member of the The question –answer session with the

CLUBACTIVITIESHuman Resource

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Howzat! The foremost feature of the match was the PARTICIPATION OF

GIRLS. Despite so many myths about females in society, girls “That was a huge six. Fielders just watched it… Going…

of JIML again proved their mettle with full dedication and Going… Going…”

insurmountable strength. Or

The day also heard few hilarious comments from the lead “It was a tremendous effort by the fielder and it paid well”. commentator Mr. Shobhit Tandon which added more spice to

the match and left the crowd laughing till their funny bone got Or hurt. It also brought with it the competing edge required in real

“Ohhh…! It was a close call. The batsman just missed the ball world, demonstration of skills, team work and discipline. The and it went straight to the wicket keeper” are some of the match again taught us that girls are no longer a damsel in expressions that could be heard on January 6, 2014 during a distress and can bear pressure and ooze excellence thrilled Cricket match between JIM Connect and GAP at simultaneously. Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Last but not the least, the audience was amazing who fully From past few months students were busy with exams, empathized with each stroke and gave their full support. They conferences and extra classes so to rejuvenate that dripping were not interested in the score but the game. spirit this match was organized. GAP after winning the toss

“I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we elected to bat first and scored 99 runs in 10 overs. Deepak are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or Dubey of GAP went for a half century and became the star of lose, to always give 100 percent.” – Sue Wicksthe day. JIM Connect chasing a target of 100 runs lost some

early wickets but returned into match after 5th over and that Reported by: Arpit Vaishnavi (JL13FS16)was the time when the zeal of the whole ground was at peak.

But at last JIM connect lost to GAP.

JIMCONNECT & GAP

On February 12, 2014 Social Responsibility Committee Singh, Abhishekh Jha, Anamika Singh, Monika Dixit, Prakriti,

organized an event - "Clothes’ Distribution" in slum areas. On Bhagyashree, Varsha Debnath and Richa went to slum areas

that day, slum-dwellers were distributed clothes donated by and made everyone smile. Social Responsibility Committee is

members of faculty, administrative staff and students. thankful to everyone for making this event a success.

Students named - Akash Vishwakarma, Vipul Sinha, Pankaj

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEECLOTHES’ DISTRIBUTION

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PAPER BAGCAMPAIGN

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Social Responsibility Committee organized “Paper Bag We spend thousands of rupees for our development but are we

Campaign” on January 2, 2014 in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. At making wise use of that?

the campaign, students of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Give these small questions a thought.

Lucknow distributed self-made paper bags to public and We are enough mature to read a lot about our environment created awareness among the people about the benefits of and the harm being caused to it by polythene but there are the use of paper bags and harmful effects caused by use of people who are not even aware of it. We cannot eradicate use polythene bags. Social responsibility committee members of polythene bags in one go but yes, we can motivate people of believe that when we are not well, we know that we have our society to use paper bags.parents to take care of us. Our parents call us every single day

and ask about our well-being. Our siblings, friends and well- We may give thousands of reasons for ignoring this cause but wishers also take care of us. we need some to stand for it.

But, what about our environment?

We know that we exist because of it. But are we going to live a

healthy life?

Are we thinking of our future generations or are we thinking

about ourselves?

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The Social Responsibility Committee of Jaipuria Institute of

Management, Lucknow celebrated the International

Women’s Day in a unique manner. The students conducted a

“Nukkad Natak- DASTAK” where they sensitized thousands

of people about the various social issues related to women.

The event was organized on March 8, 2014 at 5 p.m. outside

the multilevel parking, Hazratgunj, Lucknow.

International Women’s Day is celebrated throughout the

world on March 8. This day is celebrated to show a gesture of

affection, respect towards women and appreciate their

social, economic and political achievements. There is a

dichotomy; on one side India has launched several schemes

and programs to facilitate women empowerment and on the

other we hold testimony to the increasing number of cases of

crime against women such as female foeticides, domestic

violence, dowry deaths, eve-teasing and sexual harassment.

The number of reported cases has increased drastically in

the recent past. Indian youth has protested against this in all

possible ways and at various platforms.

On this occasion, students from Jaipuria Institute of

Management created awareness and motivated everyone to

raise their voice against such social issues as eve-teasing,

sexual harassment, molestation, child abuse and rape. The

Lucknowites in general and the spectators in special, praised

the initiative taken and the message spread “women- the

creator of human beings, the most precious creation of GOD

should be treasured ,appreciated, respected and cared for ”

by the budding managers of the Institute.

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‘NAARI’

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“International Women’s Day or World Conference on Women is

always a day for stock-taking and introspection, a landmark in the

fight for equality. Yet, international days come and go and so do

conferences. While the women celebrate the coming out of

purdahs of various sorts and being unshackled in various ways,

violence or any callous threat is still a common thread that knits

all specimens of female variety together across the world.

As a small step against these atrocities, to magnify women

empowerment and to throttle up the soul of society, Jaipuria

Institute of Management, Lucknow did a street play on March 8,

2014 i.e. International Women’s Day at Hazratganj, Lucknow. The

theme of this play was ‘NAARI’.

Under the creative direction of Atindra Kumar Shukla, the team

cleverly portrayed the heinous and disgraceful act against 49% of

vote bank (in India) and left all jabbed with a sense of shame for

just standing and watching this inhuman recklessness in the

society. The audiences present were thrilled to core and were

sensitized; when confronted by their true self; by the acting and

emotions of students.

Mr. Ajay Wadhwa, Head Coordinator of Social Responsibility Club,

also contributed a lot in converting this effort into a success.

We may believe in any path for humanity to be free of hunger,

want and disease, from war and violence, and from ignorance

and hedonism, but no path can be traversed without woman

walking hand in hand, as equal of man.

Reported by: Arpit Vaishnavi (JL 13 FS 16)

We may believe in any path for humanity to be free of hunger, want and disease,

from war and violence, and from ignorance and hedonism, but no path can be

traversed without woman walking hand in hand, as equal of man.

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Social Responsibility Committee of Jaipuria Institute

of Management organized a Blood Donation Camp in

the premises on March 7, 2014.

The Institute organized this camp in association with

doctors from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,

Lucknow.

The event started at 10.30 am and continued in the

premises till 5.00 pm. The students and Institute

staff participated with great zeal and made the event

a great success. The main purpose of this blood

donation camp was to help those needy and poor,

who in the scarcity of money and blood lose their

lives.

Social Responsibility Committee of

Jaipuria Institute of Management

organized a Blood Donation Camp in

the premises on March 7, 2014.

BLOODDONATIONCAMP

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A VISIT TOINDIAN

INDUSTRYASSOCIATION

Dr. Reena Agarwal, a member of the faculty, took

students to IIA on March 11, 2014. The students

interacted with Mr. D.S. Verma, Executive Director,

Indian Industries Association. Mr. D.S. Verma

shared with the students the Single Window System

facility offered by Uttar Pradesh Government to

facilitate the entrepreneurs. He also talked about

the various sectors in which government offers

grants and subsidies to promote the sector. He also

shared with the students the various nuances of

setting up a venture and told them the essentials of

becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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DELHIALUMNI MEET

Delhi Alumni Meet was organized at the India Habitat

Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. More than 200 alumni

attended the Meet. There were two sessions in the

Meet: the formal session and the informal session.

The alumni participated in the formal discussion on

“How to take the Jaipuria legacy forward”. During the

informal session there was a well-suited cultural

programme which was followed by dinner.

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January 11, 2014

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“SAMAYANTAR”, the 14th Annual Alumni Meet of Jaipuria

Institute of Management was held on March 1, 2014 at Hotel

Grand JBR, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

Alumni of different batches graced the occasion with their

presence.

The Director General of Jaipuria Institutes of Management, Dr.

Pankaj Gupta welcomed the alumni. Prof. S. R. Musanna

addressed the gathering by considering the alumni as an

important bridge that connects the students with the CEO’s of

the companies. He quoted that ‘Alma Mater really matters’.

He motivated the students to utilize full capacity of their

mentors and seek their guidance to succeed.

Further there was an intense round of Panel Discussion

constituting eight alumni as the panel members on the topic

“Gearing up for the Change: Campus to Corporate”. The

discussion was moderated by Mr. Amit Vij, Vice president -

Alumni Association, Jaipuria Institute of Management,

Lucknow. The house was then left open for discussion for the

alumni present there.

The following issues were discussed in the panel discussion:

• Emerging scenario and issues in the industry.

• Survival and excellence in the corporate jungle and

discussion on core skill-sets required to compete in the

market.

• Exploring the scope and platforms of student

engagement and skill development outside the class

room.

• Suggestions to enhance annual general meeting and

make it a more enjoyable and a memorable experience.

• Determining scope of alumni-mentorship programme to

bolster the placement training process.

• Possibilities of conducting sector-specific workshops at

regular intervals.

• Positioning and finding opportunities for live-projects in

various functional areas with a view to strengthen

industr y - inst i tute inter face and sk i l l

enhancement of the students.

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Mr. Arpan Sanyal, CII executive (1997 batch) first broke the ice Mr. Amir Ahmed from Mahindra Finance (from 2013 batch)

by talking about resistance to change. He discussed how emphasized on the need for MBA graduates to be multi-

change management acts as an energizer to change. dimensional and adaptable.

Mr. Shakul Srivastava, Zonal Manager, Avon (from the batch Mr. Paritosh Joshi, Regional Head ICICI Bank (from 1999

of 2007) discussed how change is essential and inevitable batch) appealed to align oneself with the goals of one’s

and the need is to understand clearly as to what is to be organization and he stressed that only then one would be able

changed and acting accordingly. to deliver excellence.

Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Manager, Central Bank of India (from 2010 Mr. Amit Vij concluded the session by talking about the

batch) very emphatically mentioned how change should be importance of emotional intelligence in this transition from

incorporated right from the campus level itself. The mindset of campus to corporate.

students considering Jaipuria as a placement agency needs Ms. Swati Pandey from 2013 batch, stressed on real world

to be altered.challenges and do’s & don’ts of corporate world.

Ms. Prerna Tondon, Assistant Manager, India Infoline (from The level of interaction during the entire session of the Alumni

2012 batch) mentioned the importance and need of Meet showed that it was really effective and seemed to have

corporate exposure at the campus level for student grooming opened doors for many opportunities.

and also to make the students realize the stark contrast A mesmerizing dance performance by Ajay Wadhwa, dressed between expectation and reality.as Lord Krishna, left the audience enthralled.

The audience also contributed to the discussion. Ms. Prachi To make the event memorable, a video based on the theme Sahai (from the class of 2013), mentioned about the “Adding Hues to Our Memories” was shown which took the protectiveness of the campus and the practicality of the real alumni down the memory lane.corporate world.

Post the panel discussion, with promises to work on the Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, Chairman, Lotus Institute of alumni suggestions, a vote of thanks was proposed. The Management, (from 2006 batch) introduced a unique idea of alumni came together to cut the cake and start the informal an alumni- funded annual competition wherein the winner celebration. After dinner the alumni danced along with their gets Rs. 5000, 1st runner up gets a sum of Rs. 3000 and the peers and the faculty. The session came to an end with hopes 2nd runner up gets a sum of the Rs. 1000. He also brooded to meet again the next year.over the fact that the transition ‘from campus to corporate’

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Stratadigm and Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund came together for an

Investor Education and Awareness initiative ‘Jannoge Tabhi

Toh Maanoge’ (JTTM) at Jaipuria Institute of Management,

Lucknow on March 8, 2014.

NUKKAD NATAK

INVESTOREDUCATIONANDAWARENESS INITIATIVE

Under the banner of Manthan, a social-awareness group of

Delhi, AIDS Awareness Programme was held. It was an activity

by Admission Cell of Jaipuria Institute of Management. Twenty

students participated in the programme. The purpose of the

programme was to create social awareness about AIDS.

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Dr. Abha R. Dixit organized a visit to an Old Age Home Samarpan was established in 2005 by Nagar Nigam, Lucknow

(Samarpan Varishtha Jan Parisar) as a part of mentorship and is governed by Gayatri Parivar Trust. The details of this visit

programme on February 9,2014 with the following objectives. are mentioned below:

• To observe the life of aged people and the difficulties faced Total Mentees: 21

by themMentors: Dr. Abha. R. Dixit & Dr. Manisha Seth

• To generate awareness pertaining to social issues existing Time: 11 am to 1 pm

in our societyVenue: Samarpan Old Age Home, Adil Nagar (Ring Road),

• To undertake this visit as an opportunity to learn how an Lucknow.

NGO operates and functions and various challenges and

issues faced by its functionaries.

VISIT TO ANOLD AGE HOME

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India is the cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, The celebration began by hoisting of the beautiful tri-colour flag by

mother of history, grandmother of legend, and the great grand- the Director, Dr. S.R. Musanna. To mark the day in a memorable and

mother of tradition. significant way, Dr. Musanna delivered a speech in which he talked

about the significance of this day.I love my country’s pine-clad hills,

The patriotic fervour of the students was witnessed not only in the Her thousand bright and gushing rills,

programme but also in their hearts. Her sunshine and her storm,

To increase the festivity of the day a speech was delivered by Anjali Her rough and rugged rocks Saxena.

Her hoary head high in the air, Followed by a melodious song “Desh rangeela, rangeela, desh

mera rangeela” by Shipra Singh. This engrossed a feeling of I love her rivers; I love valleys and foresttogetherness. With the intriguing beating retreat of the ceremony

I love the glory of ships and crew an Indian dance form was presented by the students.

Indeed! I love my country ...India. Hw$N> ~mV h¡ {H$ hñVr {‘Q>Vr Zht h‘mar, Xþí‘Z ahm h¡ g{X¶m| Xm¡ao O‘m§ h‘mam...

The Republic Day commands the respect of every Indian. Indeed a Touché! We celebrated the spirit of the day in a memorable

Democracy became our most precious guide towards peace and significant way and will keep on walking with the same spirits

and regeneration from the swamp of poverty created by for years and years to come.

centuries of colonial rule. From within the spacious provisions Reported by-Udichi Awasthi (JL13FS59)of our Constitution, India has grown into a beautiful, vibrant

democracy.

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow celebrated the

65th Republic Day with dedication and zeal. Entire campus

was filled with the strong feelings of patriotism.

THE REPUBLIC DAYCELEBRATIONJanuary 26, 2014

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February 04, 2014, Vasant Panchami, not only

initiated the spring festive cycle but also sent vibes of

piousness of the omnipotent Almighty. Jaipuria

Institute of Management Lucknow celebrated

Saraswati Puja on its campus. Right from the

morning, volunteers in traditional attire made sure

every big or small thing was timely arranged for the

Puja which started at 11a.m. Goddess Saraswati was

worshipped by the faculty and students. All the rituals

were performed traditionally. Under the guidance of

Prof. Sanchita Ghatak, Ajay Wadhwa and all junior

coordinators made sure that the puja was held

properly. The volunteers, Angshuman Kalita, Akash

Sraswat, Ankur Srivastava, Ankit Dwivedi, Vipul

Sinha, Shubhankar Narain, Somnath Chatterjee,

Saurav Das, Netri Agarwal, Himja Mishra, Raveena

Ahuja, Rupa Gorai, Richa and Tulika Chopra took the

responsibility of not only preparing the prasad but

also distributing it to each and every person on the

campus that day. The puja filled the campus with the

scent of sandalwood and with a lot of positivity.

Reported by: Shubhi Tripathi (JL13PGDM111)

SARASWATI PUJA

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Dr. Athar Mahmood

The paper, “What constitutes Performance in Banking Sector:

A Conceptual Framework of Relationship between Training,

Learning and Performance” was presented in First

International Conference on ‘Business Methods, Research

and Statistics’, organized by Alpha International Publications,

held during January 4-5, 2014 at Chennai.

Dr. Kavita Pathak

She was the speaker at the Inaugural Session of National

Seminar on Advertising and Public Relations at Amity School of

Mass Communication, Lucknow on February26, 2014.

Prof. Vinod Kumar Chib

Prof Vinod Kumar Chib was the Guest and Lead Speaker at

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Lucknow. He delivered a

lecture on “Productivity Enhancement through Lean

Management”, on February 13, 2014, at the celebration of

“National Productivity Week” during 12th-18th February at

HAL, Lucknow. Prof. Chib spoke on how the productivity can be

improved by the shop-floor staff, taking care of lean

manufacturing practices and philosophy, and keeping quality

in mind.

The presentation was attended by Chief General Manager,

GMs, DGMs, AGMs and the officers in various production

departments.

FACULTYACTIVITIES

NEW JOINEE: Mr. Vijay Prakash Anand joined as Assistant Professor-II

in the area of Marketing Management on March 03, 2014.

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STUDENTCORNER

Ms. Sweta Singh (2013-15) - Based on the results declared on

Jan 19, 2014, Sweta stood 'Third' in a 'National Essay Writing

Competition' organized by Sri Ramkrishna Mission. She

competed against lakhs of entries coming from more than

11,000 colleges across India. She says that it is the first time

that a participant from Lucknow has achieved a pole position;

in a way a proud achievement not only for Jaipuria but also for

the City of Lucknow.

Mr. Sanchit Kacker & Mr. Kunal Singh (2013-15) - Sanchit and

Kunal teamed up for 'Amiphoria Bizz Wizz Quiz' organized by

Amity Business School on Feb 6, 2014. They secured 'First

position' out of the 73 teams that participated in the event.

They won comprehensively with a very healthy margin of lead.

STUDENTS FELICITATED

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Patron : Shri Sharad Jaipuria

Chief Editor : Dr. S.R. Musanna

Editor : Dr. Jaya Chitranshi

Editorial Committee : Dr. Abha R. Dixit Dr. Athar Mahmood

Dr. Hyma Apparaju

Student Coordinators : Nooreen FatimaRitwik AnandTulika ChopraVarsha Debnath

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