MYRA’s Founding BatchInaugural Day, MYRA campus, June 24, 2013

Dr Shalini Urs and Dr Rajiv Sinha(extreme right) interacting with Mrs Meera Sanyal on her arrival.

The Inaugural Day at MYRA was marked by distinguished speakers, enthusiastic students, parents and Trustees. Introductions and interaction followed the opening session, the day culminating on a excited note for the students with quizzes and games!

effectively with teachers and mentors.

Mrs Meera Sanyal, Chairperson & Country Executive-India, Royal Bank of Scotland

Welcome address by MYRA Chairperson Dr Shalini Urs.

Lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest, Mrs Meera Sanyal.

Chief Guest’s Address

Dean’s Address; Dr Rajiv Sinha

MYRA Faculty address:Associate Dean, Dr Abhinanda Sarkar; Dr Sudhendra Rao, Dr Wolfgang Messner.

MYRA students speak:Rithuja MurlidharanAnanth Srinath.

Distribution of prizes bychief guest, to winners ofclick mysore contest.

Vote of thanks:Associate Dean, Dr WilliamVerdini.

‘Makeevery day count’.Chief Guest Mrs Meera Sanyal speaking on the 10 Commandments of Management. Mrs Sanyal’s speech exhorted students to be conscious of their society and environmentthat they are equally entrusted to manage alongside business and enterprise.

The chief guest also emphasized on the social responsibility of the management students, particularly in the context of India emerging as an economic power on the world stage. 'Think of management studies and application of your learning as a marathon, not a one-time race'. 'Management of India is an equally key aspect in the present scenario. Your leadership will be crucial,' said the renowned business leader.

Events of the Day

The traditional ‘lighting of the lamp’ by the dignitaries.

Management of time, management of expectations, information, networks, self-image, stakeholders, value, outcome(result), management of India and finally, management of self were the ten points that the top corporate banker spoke on. While speaking on management of time, Mrs Sanyal stated the importance of planning. Talking about management of stakeholders, Dr Sanyal mentioned that each student must be responsible for enhancing value of the stakeholders, including parents, trustees and faculty as well as themselves. 'Act like you own the place', she advised the student gathering. 'Make each day count', Mrs Sanyal added. Drawing from early examples of the time that she joined a business school as a student, Mrs Sanyal spoke about the need to interact and engage

MYRA’s Founding BatchInaugural Day, MYRA campus, June 24, 2013

Dr Shalini Urs,Chairperson, MYRA, welcoming the gathering.

Dr Rajiv Sinha, Founding Dean, MYRA, delivering his speech.

Students gather for a post-inauguration group photo with faculty.

The much looked-forward-toInaugural function marking the first batches of Management students at MYRA, gets the top B-School off to a flying start!

‘Development is important’, stated Dean, MYRA School of Business, Dr. Rajiv Sinha, ‘’but not at the cost of the environment.’ Citing the example of low cost shampoo sachets, Dr. Sinha pointed out that while the innovativepackaging was good, the garbage and the litter that was created on account was disastrous.’

Dr William Verdini, Associate Dean at MYRA delivered the vote of thanks, congratulating the students who, he believed fared well in their selection process, Dr Verdini, welcomed them saying that as the founding batch students must help co-create MYRA as a top business school.

Prof Wolfgang Messner, Professor of International Business at MYRA spoke about the exciting possibilities of business that India presents versus other markets of the world. 'Not New York, US or Singapore, India is the place to be', he stated.

Dr Sudhendra Rao, Professor of Information Systems at MYRA emphasized on Change, stating that 'knowledge is not enough, harnessing it is the key'.

‘The primary purpose of Education, I have always believed, is to make us instruments of change! Social change, Economic change, Political change… Education has this power to enable change, said MYRA Chairperson, Dr Shalini Urs adding, ‘knowledge can empower but knowledge without leadership and initiative will be redundant’. Dr Shalini encouraged students to stand up and stand out from the rest of the world; to be counted as a leaders. ‘Education with strong leadership is the need of this hour. It is why MYRA exists, to enable Empowered Leadership.’ In his welcome to the students, Dr Sinha encouraged the young minds to be proactive with the faculty, making the most out of the opportunity presented to them.

Associate Dean Dr Abhinanda Sarkar, spoke on the need to have practical exposure rather than place too much emphasis on bookish or theoretical knowledge. 'When I spoke about ‘probability of 'tossing a coin', students were more concerned about learning a theory rather than see practical application of theory.'