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8/3/2019 Sampark Volume 5 Issue 3
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ContentsI. From The Chairpersons Desk....3
II. Homecoming..4III. 3rd Mahendra Nath Memorial Lecture.5
IV. 84 Helping Hands...6V. Amphi Night...7
VI. Campus Buzza. War of Words....8b.Onam..9
VII. Q & Alumnus......10VIII. Campus Shots...11
IX. Suggestions and Feedback.....12
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From The Chairpersons Desk
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 Chattopadhya
Chairperson
Alumni Relationship Committee
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HomecomingDuring my recent visit to India in
August, I experienced a heartfelt
moment that I will cherish for years to
come. I had the pleasure to walk the
campus grounds of IMT with my
wife, recalling some of the best times I
had there as a student. I graduated
from IMT in 1988 but unfortunately
have not had many opportunities to
revisit the campus until last month
after an almost fifteen year absence.
The warm welcome my wife and I
received was amazing and
unparalleled. Dr Seeta Gupta, Former
Chairperson Alumni Relationship
Committee, literally held our hands as we walked together, spending almost two hours graciously
introducing us to IMTs faculty, staff, and students.
Dr Jayanthi Ranjan, Chairperson International Relations, with whom we made an instant connection,
was so excited to speak with us. From the librarian we learned that the IMT library can now boast of a
collection comprised of more than 45,000 books and journals from top rated business schools located
around the world. With an annual operating budget of approximately one crore, books, journals, or
other literary mediums can now be easily ordered at the request of any student or faculty member. I
remember my days at IMT where we used to fight over grabbing a copy of Economic Times!
The best and most memorable part of this awesome tour was our visit to the Alumni Relationship Office.
The small room was filled with upwards of ten freshmen, all of whom stood up as Dr Seeta Gupta, my
wife and I entered the room. Their expressions of greetings were filled with genuine respect, recognition
and affection. We were humbled by our reception, after having lived in United States for the last ten
years where such salutations are not easily forthcoming. This warm welcome caused me to reflect,
wishing I could go back in time and recreate the years working towards my MBA on the IMT campus. A
Campus today that is as warm, vibrant, and energized as I remember it to have been.
I sincerely hope a chapter of IMT Alumni Association can be established in the United States and equally
important, a Mentor-Mentee program can be created that will assist IMT Alumni, students and staff by
providing insights and lessons learned from past experiences while keeping members apprised on
recent trends in management. I look forward to contributing towards making these ambitious goals
become a reality.
With fond regards and the best to the students, faculty and staff of IMT,
Mukesh Garg, Class of 1988
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3rd Mahendra Nath Memorial Lecture
IMT organized the 3rd Mahendra Nath Memorial
Lecture on the 98th birth anniversary of Late Shri
Mahendra Nath- the visionary behind IMT on 7th
September. Paying tribute to this great visionary, this
year's theme for the lecture "Building a Good
Institution" was something that Shri Mahendra Nath
firmly believed in, advocated and ultimately realized in
the form of IMT. And who could have voiced this belief
better than the educational planner and administrator,
Dr. Ashok Chandra himself, the Principal Advisor at
International Management Institute. Dr. Chandra has also been the Special Secretary (Education) at
Ministry of HRD, Government of India, and Director at Institute of Applied Manpower Research.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Chandra said, "I am
honoured to be present on this auspicious day that
commemorates one of the builders of modern India. I
say this not as a custom but because my association with
this institution dates back a very long time when I was
taken on the board of this institution in the mid-eighties
".
Sharing his views on the topic, Dr. Chandra said that
quality faculty is the most important resource an
institution can have, high quality student body is the second and a good infrastructure is another asset.
For me personally, a good institution would have an educational philosophy that, apart from imparting
domain-knowledge and related skills to students, emphasizes on pedagogical approaches that focus
more on learning rather than instruction; and originality of thinking and critically examining prevailing
concepts rather than mere conformance to existing notions and approaches. He concluded by saying
that there are no startling revelations, no magic, no secret recipes to building good institutions. If there is
any magic at all it is in actual application.
Dr. Bibek Banerjee, the director, gave the Mahendra
Nath Scholarship Award of Rs.1 Lakh each to six
students. He shared with us how his secondary
knowledge about Shri Mahendra Nath inspires him
especially to bring simplicity and common sense to the
education system. Dr. Banerjee also said that he firmly
believes in Shri Naths views on the practical
implementation of the theories studied, and hence
would make his best efforts to carry this torch forward.
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84 Helping Hands
Ties that bind.
84 Helping Hands was a testimony to that. An
initiative of the Class of 1984, 84 Helping Hands was
a platform to encourage meritorious children of theclass four workers of IMT Ghaziabad through
scholarships. In an event hosted by IMT Ghaziabad
on the afternoon of September 17, 2011, 5 such
deserving students were awarded scholarships in the
presence of the chief guest Dr. Bibek Banerjee,
Director, IMT Ghaziabad, faculty members, staff and
Alumni from the Class of 1984.
The initiative took root during the 1984 batch Reunion held in 2009 in IMT Ghaziabad. Overtime, the
idea grew and eventually resulted in the formation of a trust to mobilize funds for the scholarships.
Contributions poured in from all quarters as the entire batch responded enthusiastically to the venture,
including alumni settled overseas.
The session started with a welcome note by Dr. Bibek
Banerjee, who lauded the initiative calling it a pioneering
effort by the alumni to support those that constitute the
backbone of the Institute, but are barely visible or
appreciated. Mr. Aseem Arora then took the podium and
shared his thoughts on the venture. Mr. Suresh Kumar,
one of the drivers of 84 Helping Hands, then spoke on
how the initiative took shape, and encouraged the
students selected for scholarships to constantly strive to
excel. Mr. Rakesh Suri also shared his views. The
afternoon showed the extent of connectedness our alumni
still feel for the Institute. It promised that excellence will be rewarded always in ways unanticipated. It
was a reminder that helping hands are just a call away.
We thank the trustees, Mr. Aseem Arora, Mr. Sushil
Baweja, Mr. Rakesh Suri, Mr. Suresh Kumar and Lt. Ms.
Madhulika Masi, for facilitating the initiative. We are
very grateful to Mr. Aseem Arora, Mr. Sushil Baweja
and especially Mr. Suresh Kumar and Mr. Mushtaq,
who traveled all the way from Chennai and Hyderabad
respectively to come down to campus for the event. We
hope this effort is the first of many that bring our
alumni and the Institute closer.
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Amphi Night
The Summer Placement week for students of
PGDM 2011-13 started on the 26th of September.
The students were quite worried about preparation
for the week, in the days prior to it. Since there is
no better person to help address their queries than
somebody who has been in the same shoes, the
Alumni Relationship Committee organised an
informal interactive session between some of our
recent alumni and the students of first year. The
'Amphi Night' was held on the 21st of September at
our Amphitheatre.
Alumni who came down to campus for the event were -
Mr. Varun Malhotra of the 2007 batch, working with Goldratt Consulting. Mr. Abhishek Agarwal of the 2008 batch, working with IBM. Mr. Vikas Pamnani of the 2009 batch, working with Ernst & Young. Mr. Alekhya Chakrabarty of the 2010 batch, working with Make My Trip.
The students' response to this event was
overwhelmingly positive. This was one of the few
events where the students got a chance to interactdirectly with our alumni and not just through
ALCOM. The alumni shared their experiences about
the Summer Placement Process and also shared tips
on how to crack the GD and Personal Interview
rounds. Mr. Alekhya Chakrabarty later forwarded a
few blog links for students who had taken Marketing
as their major specialization. These were shared with
all the sections, and students greatly benefited from
the same.
Alum Quotes
I missed out on all the IIMs because of my verbal score (91%ile).Within few months of
joining IMT, I realized all that happens, happens for good. IMT has taught me how to
handle various assignments, projects, extra-curricular activities and much more in a
real-time live scenario, which is the primary reason for me taking an edge over many of
the IIM guys in my organization. I have learnt a lot from the faculty, staff and or
director Dr. B.S.Sahay and will remain indebted to all always. Lastly, wishing all the
teachers a very happy Teacher's Day. IMT rocks!!
-Vishesh Chadha (Batch of 2009)
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CAMPUS BUZZ
War of words
Cultural Committee of IMT Ghaziabad hosted War of Words an erudite literary event on September 2-
3, 2011.
The event started on the 2nd with Quizzinga, a quiz on eclectic topics such as literature, movies,
music, business etc. It started with 18 teams in the preliminary rounds from which 6 teams made it to the
final round. Conducted in audio-visual format, questions ranged from topics like the origin of the
masala dosa to Garfield, Star Wars Princess Leia to Dan Brown. After intense competition, Kaustuba
K.V and Leo Thomas emerged as the winners by a handsome margin.
There were two events the next day. The first was
TransNation, a model UN with each team
comprising of two students representing a different
country. The topic for discussion and debate was The
Financial Crisis. Countries being represented
included Germany, China, USA and Greece. The entire
discussion was chaired by two faculty members, Prof
David Kaliz and Prof Ram Ritwik Sen. The teams
brought out several key points like the tradeoff
between growth and social welfare, austerities, high
interest rate and inflationary measures, merits of the
Eurozone and many more. The teams spoke from the point of view of the country they representedkeeping in mind its policies. The model UN was won by Kunal Arora and Jayanth S Prasad who were
representing Germany.
The evening was rounded off with Zeroth Hour, a
debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill. Each team had to present
their draft of the Bill which is evoking such strong
sentiments. Then merits and demerits of each were
debated upon. Arijit Ray and Abhishek Chatterjee were
adjudged the winners of Zeroth Hour.
With such an overwhelming response to War of Words
in terms of participation and quality of content, IMT
Ghaziabad students yet again proved why they are
among the best management brains in the country.
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Onam
Onam, Keralas biggest festival, falls in the month
of Chingam (August-September) and is the
celebration of the return of the legendary King
Mahabali to see his people. Onam is a welcomelaid out to a great king, to assure him that his
people are happy and prosperous and wish him
well.
This year, the 25-strong Malayali population of
IMT laid out their own welcome to King Mahabali
right here. The celebration started early in the
morning with the pookalam (flower carpet) being
laid in the Academic Block. Presentations andclasses went on with our Malayalis wearing the
traditional, pristine white mundu. The
celebrations culminated in a grand 17-dish
Onasadya (Onam lunch), replete with banana
leaves and payasam.
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Q and Alumnus
Introduction:
Mr. Anurag Jain is an
alumnus of the 2006-2008
batch of PGDM HR. He
has a total work
experience of more than 6
years. Mr. Jain got placed
in Bank of America
through campus placements and has been
working there ever since. His areas of expertise
include Compensation & benefits design, HR
policies and procedures and Integration and
Harmonization activities. His hobbies and
interests include writing short stories and
travelling. He also has a keen interest in
entrepreneurship and intends to launch his own
start up in the next 5 years or so.
Interview:
Q. What were your most cherished moments at
IMT? What did you love the most in or about
IMT?A. My most cherished memories at IMT would
be those of the conversations that we had in
the amphitheatre, walking over to Nescafe to
buy a coffee at 4 or 5 in the morning and long
walks around the campus during the night. We
were a notorious group of 12-15 friends. The
parties at IMT were a lot of fun too.
Q. Something you would have liked to changeabout IMT?
A. I would like to see more flexibility in terms of
the course structure. This would include fewer
restrictions in the selection of electives and the
ability to switch courses.
Q. It is said that more than the MBA degree, it
is the course that creates an impact, so how
important has an MBA been for your career?
A. Academically, I have definitely learnt a lot
from this degree. Beyond academics, the
experience of group activities has also been
highly beneficial. I was the Coordinator of the
HRuday club and we organized various events
around the year. The learning that I gained from
this has been very valuable.
Q. Being from the newer generation, how do
you think has the scenario changed in the
corporate?
A. Till about 5 years back, HR was mainly
looked upon as an administrative job. It is now a
strategic partner in most organizations. Today,
awareness among people has increased. The
field of Human Resources has evolved a lot and
is more stimulating than it was previously.
Q. What was the most important goal for youwhile pursuing an MBA?
A. The most important goal for me was to learn
as much as possible. I used to ask a lot of
questions in class, and tried to explore the
practical aspects of whatever I studied in theory.
Q. Any specific advice for the present
students?
A. The first year is very crucial. I would advisestudents to make the most of it. You are only as
good as what you have gained during the past
two years of your life. Gain a lot of exposure
and look for opportunities to build your CV. I
also suggest students to carry a pen drive
around, at all times. You might come across
interesting information that you would want to
keep a copy of.
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Campus Shots
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Compiled By:The Sampark Team
Alumni Relationship Committee
IMT Ghaziabad
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