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Vol.1, No.1, December 2015

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

I express my deep sense of gratitude to allthe members of AIMS for electing meunanimously to be the President of AIMSfor the term 2015-16. This support of myf e l l o w m e m b e r s g o e s t o s h o wunequivocally the amount of confidencereposed in upon my capacity to shoulderthe responsibility as President, AIMS totake it to higher levels of growth and

recognition. I assure you that my team and myself will make ourbest efforts to see that AIMS achieve further heights taking overfrom the envious pedestal on which my predecessors haveplaced the Association. I wholeheartedly solicit thecooperation and active participation of all the members inachieving the following vision of mine for taking AIMS to ahigher level:

· Conducting increased number of events at Chapter andRegional Level, involving AIMS Members, RegionalVice Presidents and Executive Board Members.

· Increasing the Participation of B-Schools in ATMA andpopularizing the test.

· Greater thrust on membership drive to strengthen thestate level chapters and utilize the same for enhancingthe quality of management education in that area.

· Revival of the AIMS Newsletter as a quarterlyeNewsletter starting from September 2015.

I am confident that my fellow members will extend their whole-hearted support and co-operation for fulfilling the above actionplan and help to prepare a clear-cut road map for the futureahead.

With best regards,

Prof (Dr) L N Bhagat

Ranchi

AIMS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS - 2015-2016

PresidentProf (Dr) L N BhagatRanchi

TreasurerDr Anil Rao PailaBengaluru

Immediate Past PresidentProf (Dr) Upinder DharIndore

Regional Vice Presidents

North

Mr Sudhir SharmaMeerut

East

Prof (Dr) Sujata MangarajBhubaneshwar

West

Dr B V SangvikarPune

South

Dr R NandagopalCoimbatore

Members

North

Dr Rattan SharmaNew Delhi

East

Prof Subhrangshu Sekhar SarkarTezpur

Prof (Dr) Utpal BaulRanchi

West

Dr Parag KalkarPune

Dr Bigyan P VermaMumbai

South

Dr P Narayana ReddyBengaluru

Prof S S Prasada Rao, Ph DHyderabad

Dr Hari Krishna MaramBengaluru

Special Invitee

Prof B RameshGoa

Nominated Member

Shri Binay SarawgiRanchi

On Reciprocal Basis

Mr Eric CornuelDirector GeneralEuropean Foundation for ManagementDevelopment (EFMD)Belgium

Mr Jeffery AldermanExecutive DirectorAccreditation Council for Business Schoolsand Programs (ACBSP)USA

Prof Lakshman R WatawalaPresident, AMDISAColombo

Mr Hemant M NerurkarPresidentAll India Management Association (AIMA)New Delhi

Founder President

Prof J Philip (1988-92)Bengaluru

Former Presidents

(Late) Dr P K Ghosh (1992-93)

Prof Y K Bhushan (1993-94)Mumbai

Dr Subir Chowdhury (1994-95)Kolkatta

Dr Abad Ahmad (1995-96)New Delhi

(Late) Prof Ramaswamy P. Aiyar (1996-97)

Prof (Dr) Rakesh Khurana (1997-98)New Delhi

Fr Thomas P D, SJ (1998-99)Bhubaneshwar

Dr Ashok Joshi (1999-2000)Pune

Prof D Panduranga Rao (2000-01)Hyderabad

(Late) Dr J L Batra (2001-02)

Fr E Abraham S J (2002-03)Jamshedpur

Fr Romuald D'Souza, S J (2003-04)Goa

Dr V Panduranga Rao (2004-05)Hyderabad

Dr Devi Singh (2005-06)Pune

Prof Shekhar Chaudhuri (2006-07)Kolkatta

Prof (Dr) Uday Salunkhe (2007-08)Mumbai

Prof M Rammohan Rao (2008-09)Hyderabad

Prof (Dr) Shefali Gautam (2009-10)Ghaziabad

Prof (Dr) Prabir Pal (2010-11)Bhubaneswar

Prof Mohd Masood Ahmed (2011-12)Hyderabad

Dr D Y Patil (2012-13)Navi Mumbai

Dr Apoorva Palkar (2013-14)Pune

Executive SecretaryMr M VenkateshwarluHyderabad

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Talent Hunt at MSM, Meerut

In the last week of October, a Talent Hunt was organized. Inthis event, students of prominent schools and colleges ofMeerut and in its vicinity such as Delhi Public School,Translam Academy, Satyakam, K.L. International and LittleFlower school etc. participated. This event was anopportunity for the students to showcase their talent ofperforming and creative arts.

NORTHERN REGION

EASTERN REGION

Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management(BCCM) Celebrates NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY

Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management(BCCM), Bhubaneswar , a premier B-School in the state ofOdisha, celebrated the onNational Education Day11.11.2015 to commemorate the birth anniversary of one ofthe greatest, freedom fighter, educationist and the firsteducation minister of independent India, Maulana Abul KalamAzad. On this occasion, the students of the Institute madepresentation on Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad – hiscontributions for the cause of spreading education forimproving the quality life of the people of the country. Therewere more than 100 participants.

The institute regularly organizes many such important nationaland international institutional social responsibility activitiesunder the dynamic leadership of Dr. S K Tamotia, the DirectorGeneral, BCCM.

Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management(BCCM) Students Particpated in SWABHIMAN YATRA

The PGDM students of Bhavan's Centre for Communicationand Management (BCCM), Bhubaneswar have participated inthe SWABHIMAN YATRA conducted by Pan India on 14th

November 2015. Swabhiman Yatra is all about workingtowards self-determination, equal opportunities and selfrespect of the people with disabilities

The Centre for Institutional Social Responsibility (CISR)organises various CSR activities including Swatch BharatAbhiyan, visiting orphanages, SPICMACY, offering freecomputer education to economically backward students etcunder the leadership of Gen Basant Kumar Mahapatra,Chairman BCCM. The Centre for Institutional SocialResponsibility (CISR) of Bhavan's Centre for Communicationand Management (BCCM), Bhubaneswar has co ordinated theevent and the PGDM students of the Institute took an activepart in Swabhiman Yatra, a cherished festival of literary,creative and performing arts for young audience; it has beeneducating, entertaining and inspiring young minds in the cityof Bhubaneswar.

Seminar on

“Good Governance and SustainableDevelopment of the State”

organized by S N Sinha Institute of Management, Ranchi

The Seminar, held on 19 November 2015, was sponsoredth

by Jharkhand Council on Science and Technology,Government of Jharkhand.

The Seminar was conducted in two sessions excludingInaugural Session. The Chief Guest Shri R S Mahapatro,Director, CCL in his inaugural address stressed the need ofsustainable development instead of only developmentfrom commercial view. Prof N P Singh, Chairman of theInstitute in his Key note address stressed the need ofbringing transparency in the system so as to control if notcompletely eliminate corruption in Governance. The firsttechnical session was presided by Dr L N Bhagat, FormerVice Chancellor, Ranchi University, and Group Director, S

N Sinha Institute of Business Management. Dr Bhagat, in hisremarks, stressed the need to develop technique for maximumGovernance with minimum Government. Shri M KDeshmukh, Former Director (Engg.) MECON discussed indetails the importance of infrastructure planning. Prof S KSingh, Prof S R Prasad and Col (Retd) S K Sinha presented theirpapers in the second technical session. The Seminar endedwith vote of thanks, proposed by Prof Col (Retd) S K Sinha,HOD(M) of the Institute.

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CONSTITUTIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS AT BCCM

Complying with the Circular issued by AICTE New Delhi,the centre observed the Constitutional Day on 26th

November 2015. Students of Bhavan's Centre forCommunication & Management organized a beautifulevent to pay homage to the great legend. Dr Bhimrao RamjiAmbedkar, the Father of Indian Constution. The secondyear PGDM students of the Institutes Mr Anup Parida, MrRishab Maity and Mr Abhijit Satpathy gave an excellentvideo presentation on the history of Indian Constitution and

SOUTHERN REGION

Distinguished Lecture at HBS6 October 2015

“For institutions to sustain themselves over a longperiod of time, they have to be built on a bedrockof ethics,” said Shri Sudhakar Mishra, IRS (Retd),former member of Central Board of Direct Taxes,and Central Administrative Tribunal. In hisaddress on on “Ethics and6 October 2015Governance” to students and faculty of HyderabadBusiness School, a constituent of GITAM University, as part ofDistinguished Lecture Series, Shri Mishra traced the history ofthe study of governance and ethics both in the Western andIndian academic context, and integrated them with theconcept of corporate governance.

Shri Mishra dwelt on the various theories of ethics ofEmmanuel Kant, Max Weber, J.S. Mill, and Mahatma Gandhi.For Gandhiji, Shri Mishra observed, there was little differencebetween personal, private and social ethics. For him,“Dharma” – duty, not religion – was everything, throughwhich we know “our duty in human life and our relation withother selves”.

Speaking of ethics and corporate governance, Shri Mishraobserved that ethical governance includes dimensions suchas fair competition, reach to community, corporate socialresponsibility, customer satisfaction, and more informativeand accountable orientation. According to him, the threeimportant facets of Work Ethics are sincere effort, efficiencyand knowledge. To ensure good governance, a Corporate hasto pay attention to factors such as its vision, mission, humanresource management, ethical strategic management,responsiveness and accountability, corporate socialresponsibility, health, safety and environment policy, fairpractices policy, and ecological and environmental concerns.In conclusion, Sri Mishra called upon the students ofmanagement studies to give back to the society in equal, if notgreater, measure, while claiming his/her right place in society.

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Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management(BCCM) Celebrated ETHNIC DAY

The Institute celebrated ETHNIC DAY on 21 November 2015st

as a part of children's day celebrations. The students of theInstitute articulated the diverse culture of the country byrepresenting traditions of different states with traditionalcostumes, languages, food habits, etc. This initiative of theInstitute helps in inculcating in students cultural values andethics and foster holistic development of the PGDM students ofBCCM to become responsible citizens of the country.

The Director General of the Institute Dr S K Tamotia, Dean cumDirector Academics Dr Sujata Mangaraj, Vice Principal Sri T NShukla, faculty members of the Institute Prof A K Panigrahy,Prof T Sridevi, Prof Pragya, Prof P Sarangi, Prof Subrat Swainand all the staff were present . The best student participantswere crowned as Mr and Miss Ethnic by Director General Dr SK Tamotia.

also on the founder Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a jurist,economist and social reformer. All the students, staff andfaculty members took pledge to abide by the constitution onthis occasion. The senior faculty member of BCCM, Prof TSridevi, Head the Centre for Institutional SocialResponsibility(CISR) coordinated the activities.

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AIMS ROUND TABLE OFNETWORKING ORGANIZATIONS

on

“HOW TO NETWORK AND COLLABORATE”Held on 30th October, 2015, at 1730 hrs

at: Hotel Grand Plaza, Hyderabad

AIMS organized the above event with the idea of bringing allthe networking organizations mainly in the Twin Cities ofHyderabad and Secunderabad together to share theirprofiles and experiences on networking and collaboration.

As many as 25 office bearers of various associationsparticipated in the Round Table. Prof Srinivas Acharya,Chairman of the Telengana Chapter, AIMS, welcomed thegathering followed by addresses by Prof (Dr) L N Bhagat,President, AIMS on AIMS, Prof Mohd Masood Ahmed,Former President, AIMS on the Theme of the Round Table,Professor TV Rao, Chairman, TVR Learning Systems, as KeyNote Speaker. Many representatives of the networkingorganizations provided inputs on their individualorganizations and gave brief sketches of their networkingand collaboration experiences. The Presidential Remarkswere made by Prof M R Rao, Former President, AIMS andProvost of Woxsen School of Business. The Vote of Thankswas given by Dr S S Prasad Rao, Executive Board Member ofAIMS.

The event was followed by a Felicitation to Dr T V Rao,Networking Dinner and a good Cultural Programme, wherea few of the participants also sang their favourite songswhich were very well applauded by the gathering.

AIMS SOUTHERN REGIONROUND TABLE OF DEANS AND DIRECTORSOF B-SCHOOLS

on“MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: ENHANCING

EMPLOYABILITY”

Held on 31st October, 2015, at 1000 hrsat Hotel Grand Plaza, Hyderabad

Prof Srinivas Acharya, Chairman of the Telangana Chapter,AIMS, welcomed the gathering followed by addresses by Prof(Dr) L N Bhagat, President, AIMS on AIMS, Prof Mohd MasoodAhmed, Former President, AIMS on the Theme of the RoundTable, and Prof T V Rao, Chairman, TVR Learning Systems, asKey Note Speaker. While Prof M R Rao, Former President,AIMS and Provost, Woxsen School of Business, was theModerator for the Open Session, the Vote of Thanks was givenby Dr S S Prasad Rao, Executive Board Member of AIMS.

Prof (Dr) L N Bhagat, President, AIMS:

He expressed that the management schools should providenot only the requisite curriculum of management education,but also soft skills training for a period of about six months toeach student so that it will enhance their capability to getemployment. The B-Schools should also get involved incommunity social responsibility activities. Educational socialresponsibility should be given high priority which may coverscholarships and free education to the poorer segments of thesociety as well as imparting vocational training at low fee. Asleaders/heads of management institutions, it is theresponsibility of ever one to see that some usefulvocational/professional training is imparted to the students sothat they can stand on their legs after leaving their institution.

Prof Mohd Masood Ahmed, Former President, AIMS:

He felt the deans and directors of B-Schools have a greaterresponsibility towards preparing students for employment.

Prof T V Rao, Chairman, TVR Learning Systems:

In his Key Note Address, Dr Rao, classified managers into fourcategories – Doers, Achievers, Visionaries, and Missionaries.

Each Dean and Director of management schools has theresponsibility to create employability, converting eachconstraint into an opportunity. One has to be a visionary andnot just a doer or achiever and manage one's time effectively sothat employability will improve among management students.

With a little bit of missionary zeal, most of the heads ofbusiness schools can spend their time usefully for enrichmentof knowledge of students, so that they will have employableeducation in your institutions.

Prof M R Rao, Former President, AIMS and Provost, WoxsenSchool of Business: He mentioned that MBAcurriculum variesfrom institution to institution in terms of subjects and eachMBA Graduate may be specializing in a particular discipline ora few disciplines. Enhancing employability depends upon aclear definition of what management students are expected todo and their level of employability.

Many more observations have been made by various

participants of the open session.

eNewsletterEarlier, Prof S S Prasada Rao, Dean & Director, HyderabadBusiness School, welcomed the Distinguished Guest andexplained the spirit behind organizing the DistinguishedLecture Series at HBS. He said interaction with personalitieswho have distinguished themselves in their respectivefields is a great education in itself. This is why HBS laysgreat emphasis on such interactions.

Prof N Siva Prasad, Director, GITAM School of Technology,Sri D V V S R Varma, Resident Director, GITAM University,Hyderabad Campus, faculty members and studentsparticipated in the event.

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Round Table on Networking

Southern RegionRound table of Deans and Directors

Changes in Posi�ons

Dr Devi Singh, Former President, AIMS has recently takencharge as Vice Chancellor, FLAME University, Pune.

Dr Roshan Lal Raina has taken charge as the new Vice-chancellor of JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur.

Dr Shailendra Kumar U Kale has joined as Director of SinhgadInstitute of Business Administration and ComputerApplication, Kusgoan, Lonavala.

We wish them all great success in their new roles.

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27th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention27th, 28th and 29th August 2015

List of Awardees

S No Category Medal/Citation

1. AIMS Ravi J Matthai National Fellow AwardDr R A Mashelkar, National Research Professor and President of Global Research Alliance, Pune CitationDr T V Rao, Chairman, TVR Learning Systems, Ahmedabad CitationProf (Dr) Shefali Gautam, Director, Shiva Institute of Management, Ghaziabad Citation

2. AIMS-WeSchool Innovation AwardIES Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai GoldDr K Sri Gayathridevi, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore GoldMs Vania Baptista, Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Karla GoldGRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore SilverMr Vidisha Sawant, Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Karla Silver

3. AIMS-IMS Dr Dharni P Sinha Social Responsibility AwardPSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore Gold

4. AIMS-ICFAI Best Young Teacher AwardDr Akhilesh Chandra Pandey, Sr Faculty, Dept of Business Management, Uttarakhand Gold

5. AIMS Case Writing and Presentation AwardDr Surajit Ghosh Dastidar, Professor IMT, Hyderabad Gold

6. AIMS-Best Student Paper AwardMr Sarwan Singh, Master School of Management, Meerut GoldMs Aishwarya Mylaswami PSG Institute of Management, CoimbatoreMs Karti Aggrawal, Mr Vishal Gaonkar, Mr Rahul Singh, SilverMs Priyanka Ghei, Welingkar Institute of Management, Bangalore

7. AIMS JL Batra Best Research Paper AwardDr Sarika Mahajan, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai GoldDr N Vijaykumar/M Dharani, Assistant Professor, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore Silver

8. AIMS Ramaswamy P Aiyar Best Young Teacher AwardProf Ajay Sharma, Head, Dept of Finance, MSM, Meerut GoldDr Vaishali Vivek Patil, Prof & Head, Dept of Systems, BVIMSR, Navi Mumbai GoldDr Saroj Kumar Pani, Asst Professor, XLRI, Jamshedpur Merit Certificate

9. AIMS National Management Week AwardAcharya Academy of Higher Learning, Bengaluru GoldDepartment of Management Studies, Kongu Engineering College, Coimbatore GoldHindustan Institute of Management and Computer, Mathura Gold

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