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Volume : 7 Issue : 7 September 2016

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Onam, the State festival of Kerala, is being celebratedat the Albertian Institute of Management on 9th Sept.

2016. In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with mostnumber of cultural elements and is reminiscent of Kerala'sagrarian past, as it is considered to be a harvest festival.'Ponnavani', the Onam celebrations at AIM, wasinaugurated by Dr. V. S. Sadanandan, Vice-Principal, St.Albert's College, by lighting the traditional lamp. He saidthat the Onam is the most sensitive emotion of each andevery Malayali and they celebrate it with joy and pleasure.

Onam celebrations in educational institutions has becomemore attractive with many cultural events, but at times itgoes beyond control, he said. Dr.Titus Correya, Vice-Principal (SF) greeted the students and told them to imbibethe good messages conveyed by Onam. Dr. Rajagopala Nair,Director, AIM, in his welcome address, expressed hisapprehensions, whether the people have risen to such alevel to bring back the good days of Mahabali. Onamcelebrations has become a season of enjoyment for thestudents without upholding the traditional values, he said.The first semester MBA students took initiative to organizethe celebrations with Onam Pattu and Thiruvathira Kali.Onam Songs by the students, by Mrs. Shiny C. M. and Mr.Peter Afraini was really a feast for ears. Malayali Maranand Malayali Manka competition was held, in which Mr.Seyyid Faiz and Miss Emimol respectively emergedvictorious. Vadamvali and musical chair competitions wereorganised for the students. The major attraction of thisyears' celebration was the Shinkari Mela, in which thestudents dance to the tune. The celebrations wereconcluded with a sumptuous Onam Sadya.

Onam Celebrations @ AIM

Teacher's Day Celebration @ AIM

The MBA students of AIM organized 'Gurupooja' tocelebrate Teacher's Day on 5th Sept. 2016. They

expressed their love, affection and gratitude towards theirbeloved Teachers.

'Fides', the Finance Club @ AIM'Fides', the Finance Club of the Albertian Institute of

Management was inaugurated by Mr. Pranab Kumar DasIRS, Director General of Income Tax investigation and theChief Commissioner of Income Tax, on 22nd Sept. 2016.Speaking on the occasion Mr. Das revealed that umpteennumber of career opportunities are now available for thosestudents who opted for Financial Management. Indianfinancial sector is so vibrant and challenging that there isdearth of skillful people. During our young agesmanagement studies are lost sight of and science subjectswere in great demand, he said. But today, the wholescenario has changed and globalization has created greateropportunities for the management students. Dr. M. L.Joseph, Principal, St. Albert's College, in his presidentialaddress stressed the need to become a expert in finance.Each and every person, including a home maker women in

Mr. Pranab Kumar Das IRS, Chief Commissioner of IncomeTax is inaugurating the Finance Club

Mega Quiz on Finance and Accounting @ Fides'Fides', the Finance Club of AIM organized a 'Mega Quiz

on Finance and Accounting' for the Final year B.Com andBBA students of affiliated colleges on 26th Sept. 2016. ThirtyNine teams participated and the best six teams qualifiedfor the final round of oral quiz. In a thrilling final round,Linson Francis and Ken Christopher of St. Albert's College,

bagged the first prize of Rs. 10,000 and Tony Jude andBharathan Syam of the same college secured second prizeof Rs. 5,000. The prize money was sponsored by Star-KCertification inc, USA. Mr. Jayakumar P.G, MD & CEO, GosreeFinance Ltd distributed the prizes in the presence of Mr.Alexander Kurian, Director, Gosree Finace Ltd.

engaged in financial management, he said. Dr. RajagopalaNair offered felicitations.

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Onam '16 @ aim

Football Match @ AIMA friendly football match was played between the Seniors

and the Juniors. Both the teams made some classical andintelligent moves which is worth of watching. Both the teams

AIM @ International Conference on 'Human Capital andCompetency Building'

The students of AIM who are specializedin Human Resources Management,

along with our HR faculty Mrs. Indu George,attended an International conference on'Human Capital and Competency Building -Initiatives, Interventions and Innovations'organized by Deen Dayal Upadhyay KaushalKendra, CUSAT on 1st Sept. 2016.Employability of students should get equalimportance in higher education on par withquality education and research, said Dr. K.Paulose Jacob, Pro Vice-Chancellor, CUSAT.In his presidential address PVC said that theinstitutions of higher education shouldunderstand the relevance of employabilityin tune with the changing global scenario.Mr. George Pathiyil Jose, HR Director (India),UST Global inaugurated the programme.

were encouraged and cheered by their respective classmates.At the end, the seniors won the match, at extra time, by asolitary goal, which was scored by Donall Emmanuel.

Functional Clubs @ AIM

'Royal Bazare', the marketing club of AIM wasinaugurated by Mr. Francis Paul Kandamkulathy.

Explaining the practical aspects of marketing, Mr. Francissaid that an MBA in marketing in only an ornamentaldegree unless the students learn the ground level realitiesof marketing. The students should come out of their classrooms and try to sell 'pin' to 'piano' in the market andthat will be a real time experience. He told the studentsthe pains taken by him to learn and practice marketing byvisiting even a fish market. Mr. Aravindakshan Kavikkal,DGM, KSIDC, during his inaugural address, invited thestudents to come out with novel business ideas and

funding is not an issue. He explained the students the roleof KSIDC in developing entrepreneurship among thepeople of State of Kerala especially among the studentcommunity. The various schemes launched by KSIDC innurturing the industrial environment of the State wasdiscussed during his session. Dr. M. L. Joseph, Principal,St. Albert's College, during his presidential addresscongratulated the students and told them to develop theskills required to become best managers of the country.There must be a perfect blend of academics with practicalskills, he said. Dr. Rajagopala Nair, Director, AIM offeredfelicitations.

Inauguration of Marketing Club by Mr.Francis Paul Kandamkulathy and ED Club by Mr.Aravindakshan Kavikkal, DGM, KSIDC