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Vijnan - Quarterly news letter published by Bhavan's Royal Institute of ManagementChief editor: Prof. (Dr). Rajagopala Nair, Editor-in-charge: Deepa Unnithan. For private circulation only

Bhavan's Royal Institute of Management was set up in2002 and since then has made a mark of its own withholistic educational practices by contributingcompetent management graduates driven by globaloutlook and rooted in magnificent Indian values. To staytrue to our vision to be amongst the internationallyacclaimed business school in India, nurturing globalbusiness leaders who can contribute to nation building,upholding the value system of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,we are embarking on a brand refresh, because the onlything that is constant is change.

Brand Refresh of Bhavan's Royal Institute of ManagementSri. Ramankutty Warrier ,Director-Bharatya VidyaBhavan - Kochi Kendra released our refreshed brandidentity, which includes new logo, colors, and font. TheDirector elaborated on the elements, and how the samereflects the deep association of Bhavan's Royal Instituteof Management, with its parent institution, BharatiyaVidya Bhavan. The new logo, rooted on the inimitablevalue system of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, uses the colorpurple, reflecting nobility, royalty and ambition. It wasalso decided to replace the acronym 'BRIM' with'Bhavan's B-School' henceforth.

'Bhavan's Florecer' was a one day intercollegiatemanagement event for UG students organized by theBhavan's B-School on 19th December 2017. Florecer wasa platform to unleash their latent management aptitudethrough "Introspect-The Budding Managers" game and

Bhavan's Florecer - 2017"Inquisite-The Quiz competition". The event witnessedenthusiastic participation from colleges in and aroundthe city of Cochin. The 1st and 2nd Prizes for "Introspect- The Budding Managers" were bagged by St. Teresa'sCollege, Ernakulam . The 1st and 2nd Prizes for "Inquisite-

Prof. Dr. Rajagopala Nair was the invited resource personfor the All India Conference for teachers organised bythe Education and Research Centre, Bharatatiya Vidya

All India Conference for TeachersBhavan on 29th December 2017. The topic was'Commerce Education and its relevance in present daycontext'.

Research Presentations & Publications by Faculty Members1. Mr. Girish S. Pathy presented a paper on " Utilitarian

Perception of Gold by Women-A Perception Mappingof the Women in Pre and Post Globalisation Era" atInternational Conference for Commerce andBusienss hosted by University of Kelaniya, Srilankaon 17th November 2017.

2. Ms. Rohini S. Nair presented a paper titled"Understanding the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Workplace Spirituality: The ModeratingRole of Knowledge Sharing Intention" at the 17th

International Consortium of Students in ManagementResearch organized by Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore on November 20-21, 2017.

3. Ms. Rohini S. Nair and Smitha Rajappan presented apaper titled "The Role of Workplace Spirituality andits Dimensions in Breaking the Climate of Silence"at the 5th PAN IIM World Management Conferenceheld at IIM Lucknow from 14th to 16th December 2017.

4. Ms. Smitha Rajappan presented a paper titled "TheEffect of Organizational Silence on WorkEngagement and Job Embeddedness" organized byIndian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute andIIM Trichy held at IIM Trichy from 27th to 30th

December, 2017.

5. Ms. Rohini S. Nair presented a paper titled"Workplace Spirituality - A New Paradigm forKnowledge Sharing and OBSE: Role of Locus ofControl" organized by Indian Subcontinent DecisionSciences Institute and IIM Trichy held at IIM Trichyfrom 27th to 30th December, 2017.

6. Ms. Deepa Unnithan published her research workon "Individual Marketing Orientation-A Challenge tothe Implementation of Startup India " in the

conference proceedings of International Conferencefor Commerce and Busienss hosted by University ofKelaniya, Srilanka on 17th November 2017.

7. Ms. Deepa Unnithan published her research paper,"Management Competencies For Startup Scalability:Perspectives of Experienced Entrepreneurs" inInternational Journal of Management and EconomicsInvention, Volume||3||Issue||11|| Pages-1365-1370||Nov.-2017|| ISSN (e): 2395-7220

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The Accountancy Education Day was celebrated on 10th

November 2017 by Bhavan's College of Arts andCommerce. Prof. (Dr.) Rajagopala Nair, Dean-Bhavan'sRoyal Institute of Management was the Keynote Speaker

World Accountancy Education Day Celebration-2017

The Quiz competition" waswon by UC College, Aluva andSt. Pauls College Kalamasseryrespectively.

The valedictory function washeld in the afternoon with Sri.E. Ramankutty, Director, BVB,Kochi Kendra as the ChiefGuest. Prof. (Dr.) RajagopalaNair, Dean, Bhavan's RoyalInstitute of Management,welcomed the gathering. Theprizes were given away by Sri.E. Ramankutty, Director, BVB,Kochi Kendra.

for the programme. The programme was inauguratedby Sri.Venugopal C. Govind, Chairman-Bhartiya VidyaBhavan, Kochi Kendra.

The installation ceremony of the Rotaract Club ofBhavans Royal Institute of management was held on 14December 2017. Prof.(Dr.)Rajagopala Nair, Dean,welcomed the gathering. Rtn.Venugopal Menon was thechief guest on the occasion who inaugurated the club.As an official introduction, Rtn. Kishore presented abrief report on the various activities organized by theclub and administered Rotaract oath to the new

Rotaract Club of Bhavan's Royal Institute of Management

Rotaractors and wished them with bright future. ArabindChandra Shekar, the president of Rotary, acted as theInstallation Officer at the function and he installed Mr.Adith Chand of MBA 4th semester, as the president ofBhavans Royal Institute of Management for 2017-18, whoin turn installed the office bearers for the year. Thekey note speaker Rtn. Meena Viswanath, elaborated onplethora of service opportunities the management

X'mas is the time of God showing His great love for us.It can be a time of healing and renewed strength. Thespirit of Christmas was shared with the inmates ofTabitha Old Age Home, by organizing a Christmascelebration. The staff and students visited the home,sang carols, shook a leg and treated their elderlyfriends to Christmas treats, all in the spirit ofChristmas. Christmas gifts were given to the inmatesby our students. The day ended up being amongst the

Christmas Cheer for Tabitha Old Age Home by Bhavan's B-Schoolmost memorable days in the life of both the inmatesand Bhavanites. It was really a heartwarming learningexperience for the members of Bhavan's to visit theold age home and interact with its inmates, as theyrealized elders are the real assets of every family.They became aware of the joy of serving as wellas internalized the predicaments and problems ofsociety which every human being should beempathetic.

students would get through Rotary andRotaract clubs. She inspired and guided thestudents on how to organize Rotaract Clubactivities. It was followed by the acceptancespeech by Mr. Adith Chand. Achla Anoop, theRotaract secretary delivered the vote ofthanks.

This year also, Bhavan's B-School celebrated the spiritof Christmas with Joy and Cheer. The festivitiesincluded Christmas carols and delicious cakes. Wealso had Santa Claus joined the celebrations and

Snowflakes-The Christmas celebrationexchange of gifts among Christmas friends. Thecelebrations culminated with Christmas feast at theCollege canteen after which the students left homesfor their Christmas vacation.

Prof. (Dr.) Rajagopala Nair, Dean,Bhavan's B-School, was the ResourcePerson for the orientation programme forcollege teachers at the Academic StaffCollege, University of Calicut on 2nd

December 2017.

Orientation Programme by the Dean