TEDx-FLAME University this year hosted a line-up of speakers with inspiring stories. Under the title of #UninhibiTEDx, speakers represented the fields of sports, performing arts, science, poetry and entrepreneurship. Speakers for the event were Divij Shah (Alumnus FLAME, Silver Medallist at the Asian Para-Cycling Championship), Aditi Venkateshwaran (RJ, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor), Debangshu Moulik (Illustrator), Deepa Subramanyam (Scientist), Mohammed Sadriwala (Poet) and Kunal Sarpal (Entrepreneur). Thank you to the speakers for sharing their stories & kudos to the organizing team for putting up a great show. #TEDx #UninhibiTEDX
A team of our students : Raj Shah, Manav Ruparel and Prashant Doshi, competed in the recently concluded finale of the Motilal Oswal Securities Think Equity Think QGLP Contest held on October 2, 2017 at IIM Ahmedabad. FLAME was among 13 foremost institutes to have made it to the finals, along side IIMA, ISB and others. Congratulations on a stellar show!
A CFA Institute event was recently organized on campus where several industry experts shared their valuable insights for those in attendance. The 5 speakers were Mr. Sampath Reddy, Chief Investment Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Mr.Umesh Kudalkar, CFA Institute, Mr.Shreenivas Kunte, Director - Content, CFA Institute India, Mr.Prashant Nair, Director and Deputy Head of Research - Citibank India and Mr. Samit Vartak, Founder & CIO of SageOne Investment Advisors LLP.
Sakshi Uniyal, MBA (Class of 2018), participated in Marcon-CoMes'17 and made FLAME University Proud! Marcon-CoMes'17 themed Innovative Digital Marketing for Brand Building, was organized by University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), the Department of Marketing, Dehradun. The first round of screening was by submitting a PPT and Abstract. FLAME University team won the First Prize followed by IIM Kashipur and IIT Roorkee. The list of Panelist/Judges is below:
•Prof. Mithileshwar Jha (Pro Vice Chancellor, Jain University)
•Mrs. Perin Devi (Director, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)
•Mr. Sudipto Ghosh (Executive Director, Lenovo India)
•Prof. Vinay Sharma (Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee)
•Dr. Kumkum Bharti (Assistant Professor, IIM Kashipur)
•Mr. Abhijit Sanyal (President, DY Works)
•Mr. J.B.Singh (GM, Corporate Communication, AAI) .
100 more sleeps till #flamekurukshetra 2018. If this doesn't get you excited, what will?
Kurukshetra - the annual inter-collegiate sports competition is round the corner. The event brings together sports enthusiasts and celebrities from across India. More than 75 education institutions compete against each other in sportsl like football, volleyball, throwball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, snooker, cricket, chess, swimming etc.
"Problems are complex because we make them complex."...
"There are 3 kinds of people : People who talk about others. People who talk about themselves. And people who talk about real world issues. Which group do you belong to?" ...
"Focused approach is the key to your success"
Many more such mantras and thoughts were shared at the interactive session on life, leadership and business, delivered by Mr. Prashant Jain, CEO - JSW Energy. Mr. Jain gave us insights on his journey from the humble beginnings of doing his engineering from a tier 2 institute to rising up the corporate ladder and becoming the CEO JSW Energy - a company with presence all across the world and that is constantly setting higher benchmarks in the power sector. He left the gathering with some indelible learnings on humility, passion, hardwork and the road to success. Read more about his talk at https://goo.gl/Rwoacd
FLAME Mark-iT Club conducted it's first event of the year with advertising powerhouse Sonal Dabral. Mr. Dabral is Group Chief Creative Officer & Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather India. With the talk titled as "Limits only exist in our mind", it goes without saying that Sonal was out to inspire the next wave of creative thinking among the students.
We're extremely grateful to Mr. Dabral for taking the time to come over to campus and look forward to many more!
We had an extremely relevant and insightful session with Vikramaditya Khanna, William W. Cook Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School on December 12th .His talk focused on an empirical approach to analysing and understanding the impact India's Demonetisation of 2016 had, both on industry and the stock market.This session was orgranised by The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) Nuffield - FLAME University
Just 33 days to go for the Biggest showdown at Flame University. The annual national level sports, cultural and management fest Flame Kurukshetra is back. FLAME Kurukshetra 2018 will be the tenth edition of FLAME University’s annual inter-college fest. Along with 30+ cultural, sports, and management events, we are proud to present the FLAME Kurukshetra Peace Colloquium.
WE SWEAT! WE BLEED! WE FIGHT! WELCOME TO THE BATTLEFIELD!
FirstCut is an intercollegiate film festival organized and hosted by Flame University, held every year in Pune. FirstCut is a platform of sorts that brings out the “Steven Spielberg” in everyone. It doesn’t matter if one uses a DSLR or a phone camera, as long as a story is told. To be a filmmaker, one has to be a creator.
With over 200 applicants last year, FirstCut has proved to be one of the largest student-run film festivals. This time, FirstCut 2018 will take place on the 3rd and the 4th of March. Send in your films by the 10th of February, 2018 and get ready to be a part of something great!
Flame University organised its 2nd successful Marketing Conclave this november on the topic BRANDED CONTENT- A WAY FORWARD. A conclave that aims to understand how brands & organisations leverage Branded Content as a Marketing and Branding tool.
We had some noted industry leaders like :-
Nikhil Venugopalan- Content Head for ZEE Entertainment
Mr Zerxes Wadia- Brand content head and VJ at MTV India.
Kushal Sanghvi- Digital head at Reliance Entertainment.
The students of MBA batch got the golden chance to interact with these industry leaders and gain a deeper perspective on the topic.
Moments from the Mocktober Fest '17 on campus. Follow our student run photography club, FLAME Photography Club, for more photos of student activities on campus.#LifeatFLAME
FLAME School of Business, in conjunction with Indian Accounting Association (IAA) Research Foundation, held a 2-day conference aimed at bringing academicians, practitioners and policy makers from the fields of Accounting, Finance, Banking, and Economics to discuss, debate and formulate strategies that would enable India moves towards becoming a 20 trillion dollar economy by 2030. Here are some images from the successful conference. Stay up to date with future conference at FLAME University by visiting: http://www.flame.edu.in/conferences
Dr. Sunil Sharma from Boston University engrossed students with his talk on the topic, “India as the Land of Marvels in Medieval European and Middle Eastern Accounts”. #GlobalConnect