From The Chairperson’s Desk

‚Dr. Nilanjan Chattopadhyay‛

While talking about IMT, we all often use a phrase, ‚it moulds itself with changing times‛.

And IMT has proved that not once, but many times over its last thirty one glorious years.

Time has come to stand by that phrase again.

Let me introduce myself as your new touch point with your alma-mater. I joined this great

institution in 2001 as a member of Information Management faculty. I left in 2008, but the

gravitational pull of IMT is so great that I had to come back in three years’ time. I sincerely

think that all of you must also be feeling that gravitational pull inside you somewhere. Let

me appeal to you to kindly respond to that urge and come back to your institution.

We are trying to do many new things at IMT, and are constantly trying to take it to an even

better position, and this is impossible to achieve unless you come back home. It is your

institution, and you must ‘be the change you want to see’.

Let me seek your suggestions and guidance to take this relationship forward and make the

best of it in the coming months. I will wait for a helping hand of yours.

Dr. Nilanjan Chattopadhyay

Chairperson

Alumni Relationship Committee

Mr. Agarwal has held senior management

positions with leading MNCs and Indian

Corporates, including, Director-Sales (South

East Asia ), Motorola, COO at Bharti Airtel,

Regional Director at Xerox & Head - National

Sales at Philips India.

Wire and Wireless

(India) Ltd has been

ranked among the

best 400 MID CAP

Companies in India

by Dalal Street

Investment Journal's

annual

compendium– “Mid

Cap 400”.

Alum in News

Mr Sudhir Agarwal (Batch of 1990), CEO of Wire and

Wireless (India) Ltd, was interviewed last month by

IndiaInfoLine.com. The interview covered topics like the

approval of the ordinance to digitise cable television in India,

the impact of this on the India cable television industry and

the preparation of WWIL for the same.

Mr Agarwal believes that the Cabinet’s decision will be an

inflexion point for the cable television industry and WWIL

will be a direct beneficiary. Digitisation will reduce under-

reporting and increase transparency in the cable

television industry, thus boosting subscription

income. He also states that the loss of income

from carriage and placement fees will be

compensated by the increased subscription

income and the income from the sale of

Value Added Services. He feels that the

consumer will also benefit from digitisation with

better picture quality and sound, and also a greater ability to choose what they pay for in

terms of channels. As there is no question of spectrum in cable television, MSOs will be able

to increase the number of channels they offer to customers.

Mr Agarwal also spoke about the preparation that WWIL has

undertaken in anticipation of this move. A lot of work in terms of

back-end, technology, systems, processes, etc. has been

undertaken. WWIL has taken steps to ensure a full 360° process for

migration to digitisation in all their areas. In terms of competing

with DTH players in the market, he says that there is enough space

in the Indian market for both technologies and they will co-exist as

there are advantages and disadvantages in both. He mentions that

cable has an advantage in its ability to provide broadband internet.

Mr Agarwal expects ARPU to rise to Rs. 200-250 in cable television

after digitisation.

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IMT Gearing Up For Placements

IMT Ghaziabad has been breaking new ground in management education since its inception

in 1980 with unrelenting, sustained efforts and a clear focus on all areas that contribute

towards making a management institute complete. IMT Ghaziabad has been ranked 5th on

Corporate Perception amongst all B-Schools by

Economic Times. As the Final Placement Procedure

for this year looms large, the students are charged

up to raise IMT’s standing in the corporate world

once again.

The past 31 years have seen IMT grow in leaps and

bounds into the premier institute that it is today.

IMT creates leaders that have instilled in them the

vision, ability and perseverance to adapt and

succeed in a dynamic and challenging environment.

IMT's alumni find themselves in key roles in

organizations all across the globe. They are men and

women of leadership and integrity, who are

constantly driving positive change in their business

organizations, communities and institutions.

Institute of Management Technology is indeed

proud of its Alumni.

Each student of the PGDM program of IMT

Ghaziabad has been handpicked through a

meticulous selection process that finally grants

admission to only 2.5 percent of the total number of

applicants. In 2 years’ time, these students are

transformed into managers ready for real world

challenges. After walking the same halls as their

esteemed predecessors, is it any surprise that our

students are achieving greater heights every year.

Taking this relationship forward, IMT extends an

invitation to your organization to participate in the

Final Placements for the PGDM batch of 2010-12.

One, A comprehensive curriculum

spanning 100 electives, including foreign

languages put together by our 70

member strong faculty body, all

doctorates and comprising policy

makers, seasoned management leaders

and administrators.

Two, Over 70 percent of our students

are part of various committees or clubs

that drive life at IMT, teaching them the

practical aspects of working in an

organization and act as a spring board

for generation and execution of creative

ideas.

Three, IMT promotes dialogue between

industry stalwarts and students through

Guest Lectures, International

Conferences and Workshops in

association with AICTE. Additionally,

students are mentored by Alumni, to

give them better insight into the

industry

IMT

The major past recruiters have been Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Proctor

and Gamble, KPIT Cummins, Bosch, Eli Lilly, Infosys Technologies, HCL Technologies,

Deloitte, ITC, Perfetti Van Mille, IFCI, Kotak Bank,

Yes Bank, Citi Group, Airtel, Vodafone, Tata

Teleservices, GE, Genpact, Virtusa, Wipro

Technologies, Tata Motors, DSCL, Religare, Maruti,

Abhishek Industries, Moser bear, Bajaj Auto.

Over the last couple of years many PSUs have come

down to the campus with a host of them forming

the elite list of recruiters such as State Bank of India,

Reserve Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Bank of

Maharashtra, Union Bank of India, Rural

Electrification Corporation, TRAI, OPAL, HPCL,

IOCL, Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce,

Corporation Bank.

Important Dates:

Pre Placement Talk: 14th Nov '11 Onwards

Final Placements: 12th December '11

To facilitate building a career of challenges and

opportunities for another proud IMTian, please

contact:

Placement Committee IMT Ghaziabad

Email id: mbaplacement@imt.edu

Contact Details:

+91- 120 – 2829169

+91- 120 – 2825665

+91- 120 – 2829980

Six, IMT is a proud member of The

Association to Advance Collegiate

Schools of Business (AACSB) and

Global Business School Network

(GBSN) and has recently received

SAQS accreditation (South Asian

Quality Assurance System).

Five, Our students are fresh from

summer internships in reputed firms

spanning various sectors and

industries. Additionally, 80 percent of

them have worked on industry projects

offline – providing them industry

exposure and showing the faith

corporations have in them.

Four, IMT’s student exchange

program is ranked number one in

India. Over 70 student exchange tie-

ups exposes our students to a multi-

cultural work environment.

Additionally, Kellogg School of

Management, North Western

University has recently entered into

collaborative research with IMT.

EDGE

Did you know?

8% of our alumni from the

first 15 batches are at CXO

positions

Q & Alumnus

Mr. Tushar

Maheshwari

Batch of 1989

Q. How has an MBA degree from IMT

Ghaziabad helped you in your career?

A. Doing an MBA from IMT has

definitely helped me in terms of being

where I am at present. I believe that had I

not been exposed to proper management

education, I would never have reached

this position as quickly. This is partly

because doing an MBA inculcates a certain

sense of discipline in a person. Also, this is

a place where people from diverse

backgrounds come together. There are

some people with whom one connects and

others with whom one does not. In spite

of differences, one is expected to behave in

a professional manner. I believe this

prepares you for the workplace where you

would encounter similar circumstances.

Q. What do you feel about the image of

IMT Ghaziabad in the corporate world?

A. People are definitely aware of IMT

Ghaziabad. It is a good institute.

However, we see in recent surveys that its

ranking has gone down. We need to

ascertain the exact cause of this drop in

rankings, whether it is because of inferior

quality of students, or because of decrease

in teaching standards and practical

exposure. This is a serious issue that needs

to be addressed because rankings create a

perception in the minds of people.

Q. What steps do you suggest be taken,

in this regard?

A. I feel that more focus should be placed

on highlighting alumni who have done

well in their careers, and reached good

positions in the corporate world. This

should not be limited only to Sampark,

but we should ensure that this message

goes out to the outside world as well, so

that people are more aware. We need to

reach out to more people.

Q. What advice would you have for our

current students?

A. I would request students to lay a lot

more emphasis on practical learning and

exposure, beyond text books. We already

see that happening in college by means of

guest lectures and Short Term Projects. I

encourage these kinds of initiatives. This

is because when Companies come to

recruit people, they look for students who

have hands on experience, or at least

knowledge of the way work is done in the

industry. This gives them a definite edge

over others.

FOBE 2011: IMT Ghaziabad And Essex B School Promote R&D

Research and Development in all areas of business form an

integral aspect of any B School. The area needs constant focus

and shared encouragement for it to develop further. IMT

Ghaziabad and Essex Business School, University of Essex,

UK, have joined hands to bring like minds together with

‘Facets of Business Intelligence 2011’, an International

Conference on Facets of Business Excellence – Leveraging

Information Technology for Strategic Advantage. An

international platform, FOBE will be a regular event where

idea sharing and exchanging of professional views in

concerned areas will assist business administrators to

develop and grow in their fields of expertise.

FOBE 2011 is being held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, from November 4 to 7,

2011. It is an ideal forum for thinkers and researchers from across the globe to meet and

share their views backed by studies in the areas of Strategy, Information Technology,

Marketing and other areas pertaining to Business Administration.

This combine effort has elicited a tremendous response from the moment it was announced.

Abstracts, papers and registrations poured in. A total of around 350 abstracts and 184 full

papers have been received. FOBE 2011 has so far recorded 112 registrations and 84 papers

have been invited for presentation. Participants in FOBE 2011 have arrived from different

parts of the world, bringing with them their unique perspective that will benefit the

conference on the whole.

Chief Guest for the conference is Vice Admiral N. N. Kumar, AVSM, VSM. FOBE 2011 is

chaired by Professor Jay Mitra from the University of Essex, UK and by Professor Kongiti

Phusawat, Kasersart University, Thailand. FOBE 2011 is co-chaired by Professor Jayanthi

Ranjan, Professor Rakesh Chopra and Professor Sandeep Puri from IMT Ghaziabad. Authors

and visitors from outside Delhi have been offered assistance in organizing accommodation.

Limited accommodation has also been made available at IMT Ghaziabad campus at very

reasonable rates.

Each session at FOBE 2011 is being held in tracks and will be chaired by experts from the

field – either from an educational institute or from the industry. All accepted papers will be

published in a book that will be released at FOBE 2011, and each of the registered

participants will receive a copy of it. .

Events on Campus

Passion 2011

Passion, the flagship event of IMT

Ghaziabad, is the epitome of student life; a

combined effort of over 950 students. It is

an opportunity for students to showcase

what they have learnt through the

curriculum and experience the practical

aspects of management, right here on

campus. Intense business competitions in

the morning fuel rivalry among the

students coming from crème de la crème

institutes of the country, and the evening

sees them enjoying in blithesome cultural

events, full of excitement and

entertainment. An appropriate

amalgamation of management and

cultural events, Passion has energy and

enthusiasm flowing for three days non-

stop.

This year Passion revolved around the

theme ‚Citius‛ with the spirit ‚Anything

you can do, I can do better" It’s time for us

to draw forth utmost power, vigour, and

fervour inside us and aim for nothing but

the best.

The lamp lighting ceremony of Passion

started with Tatva. Tatva is an ‘Annual

Inter B-School Summer Internship

Presentation Contest’ and attracts best

talent from across India where students

present their summer projects in front of

esteemed panel of judges and industry

experts.

Spread over four days, Passion witnessed

vigorous cutthroat competition amongst

teams from elite B-schools across the

country. All these teams reached IMT

campus after clearing a preliminary round

that estimated their potential and decided

how deserving their presence on campus

will be. As a management graduate, the

events were designed to test the

participants’ proficiency in verticals like

marketing, finance, human resources, IT,

consulting, operations and general

management. The winners achieved the

satisfaction of rising above the others

along with handsome rewards. The

evenings of Passion days were filled with

fun filled laughter, merriment with no

bounds and new friendships blooming all

around.

Did you know?

Approximately 200 of our

alumni are working in about

40 of the Fortune 100

companies!

Start-Up Fair

On 15th October 2011, E-Cell, IMT-

Ghaziabad organized its annual flagship

event –‚Start-Up Fair‛ with great zeal and

enthusiasm. The Entrepreneurship Cell

has always endeavoured to foster the

spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the

students. Start-Up Fair is one of such

platforms for interaction amongst the

future

entrepreneurs,

start-ups and

venture capitalists

across the

country.

The event was

inaugurated with

the lamp-lighting

by Dr. Bibek

Banerjee, the Director at IMT-Ghaziabad

along with the Chief Guest of the day,

Mr. Hitesh Oberoi, COO & Co-Founder;

Naukri.com. In his keynote address by

Mr. Oberoi spoke at length about how

Naukri.com was started and the problems

he faced as an entrepreneur. After the

‚Networking tea‛, the start-ups were

invited to take part in the ‚Elevator-pitch

session‛. Within a set time limit each start-

up presented their idea and business

models in front of the Banks and the

Venture-Capitalists which was well-

appreciated and the feedback was given to

the start-ups.

The Venture capitalists present included

the likes of Indian Angel Network,

Canaan Partners, Springboard Ventures,

Mobisolv and The Times. The VC’s gave

valuable advice on the issues related to

the need of funds and also took questions

asked by the start-ups. This was followed

by a panel discussion on ‚The Social

Entrepreneurship‛. This discussion was

facilitated by Mr. Anshu Gupta, Founder,

Goonj and Mr. Piyush

Tiwari, Founder, Save

Life Foundation.

During the discussion

they mesmerized the

audience with the

efforts done by these

foundations to improve

the conditions of rural

India as well to save

the victims of roadside accidents.

Next in line was a talk by Ms. Rashmi

Bansal, an author of bestsellers including

‚Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish‛, entrepreneur

and a much esteemed orator. Ms. Bansal

enthralled the audience with her wit and

charm. She talked at length about the need

to follow your heart and passion and to

gain wisdom from every experience you

have. The event saw the presence of

students from top-B schools across the

country.

The start-ups varied from the sectors like

pharmaceutical, education, IT, sports,

rural marketing etc.

Colloquium

An initiative of HRuday, the HR club of

IMT Ghaziabad, COLLOQUIUM, the

Annual National HR Summit, aimed to

bring forth and understand the

contemporary HR challenges through the

doyens of the current business world. The

event was held on

the 15th and 16th

October.

The Inaugural

Discussion on "The

Changing Business

Landscape and its

Impact on HR",

brought out the

diverse

backgrounds, rich experience, different

paths trodden, tough choices made, and

revolutionary decisions taken – the

session brought out eminent luminaries

from the corporate world to one dais

where they shared their experiences on

how HR evolved from a support function

to more of a partner in strategic decision

making. The inaugural speakers included

Mr. Vijay Rai, President and CEO,

Powercon Knowledge Services; Rajiv

Malhotra ,COO, Athena Energy; and

Vikas Joshi, CHRO, Bharti Infratel.

Raising the bar on Talent: Energizing and

engaging the workforce; and Role of HR

when recession clouds over the industry

were the topics that followed. It was a

forum for panel members and students to

come under the same

platform, participate

and learn from each

other’s' perspectives.

The aim of this

discussion was to

address recent, burning

issues in the field of

HR, with the right

balance between

sensibility and sensitivity becoming a

crucial aspect.

On the second day the assessment centre

‘AANKALAN’ was held, in which top B-

Schools like MDI, DSE,IMI ,SIIB

participated .Mr Lokesh Nigam and Mr

Siddharth Nagpal from Aon Hewitt along

with Dr. S.K Singh, IMT , were the judges

for the event. Topics like recession

intrigued the audiences, the panel

discussion brought out the best from the

students and the dignitaries appreciated

the insights given by the students.

Upcoming Events

Marketing World Cup:

The flagship Annual Inter B School Marketing event of MarkUp, the marketing club of

IMT Ghaziabad will be conducted from 25th November to 26th November 2011.

RISCON ’11:

The Annual risk management conclave of Finniche, the Finance club of IMT Ghaziabad

will be conducted from 12th November to 13th November 2011.

Since its inception in 2006, the Alumni Relationship Committee

(Alcom) has been working towards strengthening the bond

between the alumni and the institute. With activities like guest

lectures, panel discussions, mentorship, chapter meets,

reunions and the annual alumni meet, Alcom has tried to

provide multiple platforms for deepening this connect.

In the same vein, Sampark has acted as an interface all through

the years, bringing to you not only the latest happenings on

campus but also updates with respect to our alumni

community. This edition of Sampark is an effort to bring you

the newsletter in a new light. We sincerely hope you like it and

send in your feedback at

alumni@imt.edu

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The Sampark Team