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Bollywood's most sought after director Kabir Khan encourages young students to tell their story via FirstCut - an all India festival of student films organized by FLAME University.
FirstCut offers young filmmakers a platform to showcase their talent in fiction and well as documentary film making. Additionally, there is the unique 'Nano Film' category that will challenge one's creativity in making super-short films.
Please visit: www.firstcut.flame.edu.in for more information.
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During his visit to FLAME University, Mr. Tomio Isogai presented a Japanese perspective on 'Make in India'.
Make in India - surely we all have read and heard a lot about it, but to think that our very own Make in India is garnering support globally would be farfetched. Nonetheless it is not. Recently, FLAME University was graced by the visit of Mr. Tomio Isogai who is the COO, Indian Region of Sharp Corporation, Japan and also Managing Director of Sharp India Ltd., as well as Deputy Managing Director of Sharp Business Systems (India) Ltd. Mr. Isogai has a career span of more than thirty-five years at Sharp. He has spent more than twenty years out of Japan engaging in global sales and marketing of consumer electronics, domestic appliances, communication products, office automation devices, and solar power generation systems that Sharp manufactures. This obviously earned him the tag of a global citizen. He justifiably is a global minded multinational company executive, with diversified experiences in many parts of the world, particularly in the emerging markets. He was once a member of the Economist Forum in Dubai, U.A.E. as Managing Director of Sharp Middle East Free Zone Establishment.
During his visit to FLAME University, he very interestingly conducted an interactive session where he put forward the Japanese perspective towards Make in India. He was completely cued in on India's development plans, and rightly so. He displayed immense knowledge about our economy, and where it is heading. In the course of the interactive session he praised the Make in India initiative and said it was unquestionably the way to go. India is definitely an emerging power, and with such initiatives, India will strengthen its position globally. He was extremely positive on India's growth prospects. It was heartening to see a man from a foreign land supporting an Indian initiative so vehemently, and the extent of his knowledge on the subject left us highly impressed.
Further, he discussed how Japan places itself in the centre of the world from a business perspective as opposed to the rest of the world that puts the European market at the centre. This attitude has helped them succeed. He also stressed that HR policies are the most important aspects to concentrate on for corporate India. He discussed that he would like to motivate Indians to infuse the Japanese method of working into their work ethics. Culturally, India is beyond doubt, very strong. We Indians consider our place of work to be pious. However, he does not think Indian's work well in teams. He suspects that each employee here only thinks about himself and not the larger whole. Hence, according to Mr. Isogai, Japanese team work habits blended with Indian work culture is the key to dominance.
Mr. Isogai is currently heading the Sharp's manufacturing plant based in Pune where Sharp branded LCD-TVs and split air-conditioners are manufactured. Apart from his official duties he is also very keen and active in making his personal contributions to the enhancement of Indo-Japanese cultural and commercial relationships.
The second edition of First Cut 2016 - FLAME University's Inter-college Film Fest has received a phenomenal response. It has received 230 entries this year from 22 cities across India, of which our jury has selected 10 Best Films from each category for the viewers to enjoy. With entertaining movies and live performances, it promises to be an exciting event.
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Student's housing facilities at FLAME University.
The FLAME University campus houses apartment style student housing that places students in the lap of nature giving them access to the most breath taking views. Amidst well maintained plantations, the student housing facilities at FLAME University provides personal spaces to all the students with a home away from home.
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FLAME students win the Asia Pacific Google Online Marketing Challenge 2015
FLAME students are the Asia Pacific Winners of the Google Online Marketing Challenge 2015. Achieving this was no small feat. The Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC) is an international competition, a widely regarded and a very prestigious global platform. The competition saw participation from over 100,000 students and professors from almost 100 countries.
Few weeks ago Google's Singapore office hosted the winners from FLAME. Click below to view the pictures and details.
FLAME University students attend the 6th Annual India Investment Conference - hosted by CFA Institute
CFA Institute is the largest association of investment professionals in the world. They have more than 135,000 members in 150 countries/territories. Therefore, one can imagine when they host a conference, it will have the most celebrated speakers. When FLAME University offered to send selected students to attend the conference hosted by CFA Institute, we were jubilant. We could not contain our enthusiasm when we saw the list of speakers, whom we would be meeting up close and personal. There were prominent speakers such as Mr. Jayesh Gandhi (Portfolio Manager, Birla Sun Life), Mr. Sunil Singhania (CIO, Reliance Mutual Fund), renowned valuation guru Prof. Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern School of Business), Mr. Manoj Pradhan (Global Economist, Morgan Stanley) and many more eminent personalities from around the globe.
Thousands of people wanted to attend, but the event capacity was of 500 people. We were lucky to be among them, thanks to FLAME University.
The main event speakers were leading industry experts who provided incredible insights and wisdom.
· Mr. Robert P. Browne, CFA, CIO with Northern Trust, gave key insights on global asset allocation, his past investing mistakes and what would the investment theme be in 2016 and beyond.
· Mr. Ashvin B. Chhabra, President Euclidean and author of the famous book 'The Aspirational Investor' highlighted what the nature of an investor's portfolio should be. He explained it should have 'three baskets', safety, keeping up, and aspiring. He also spoke on careful allocation of risk in an individual's portfolio and stressed on its importance.
· Mr. John Kay, visiting professor of Economics, LSE, provided an overview on the need for ethical and swift corporate culture. He emphasized on the importance of having a lean financial system in an economy to attract investors from around the globe. This helps the financial chain to run smoothly by providing cheap resources to the most efficient organizations.
· Mr. Manoj Pradhan, Senior Economist, Morgan Stanley focused his talks on the analysis that he had conducted recently. It concluded that the future 30 years are not going to be like the past 30, in terms of the economic structure as well as the business themes around the globe.
· The most awaited event of the day was the speech given by Prof. Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He presented his views on the corporate lifecycle. He had the most interesting views on how to value and analyze a new and young company such as Uber and Twitter as well as mature companies such as Apple and Microsoft. "Every business is born, matures and declines. Every number should tell a story and every story should relate to a number. Number crunchers shouldn't diminish the value of storytelling; let's go, tell stories!" Prof. Damodaran said during his speech.
· Mr. Pranay Gupta, CFA, Director, Curriculum Projects, CFA Institute was the final speaker. He methodically provided guidance on the framework that an investor could use on multi asset allocation.
The speakers were a power house of investment knowledge. The knowledge gained from them, will remain with the listeners till their life time. The fluidity in which they explained, the practical examples and anecdotes they gave made it so simple. We understood the most complex theories in a matter of an hour. Extremely grateful to FLAME University for providing this opportunity to their students.
Vikas Gupta.
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The eight week long FLAME University Corporate Cricket League (FUCCL) ended on a high note announcing its winner.
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Sports at FLAME University
Sports at FLAME University is of paramount importance. Dedicated grounds for sports such as cricket, volleyball, basketball, swimming, football, etc. are all maintained well at the Pune campus to cater to the individual interests of every student. It is also one of India's few universities that is situated right next to a 18-hole golf course.
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Explore various eateries & cafes at FLAME University:
FLAME University campus houses a number of eateries and cafes to provide the students with an exceptional campus life. At FLAME, we believe interactions have great power to enrich human minds and these spaces are abundantly created on campus to facilitate the same.
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'Metro
Man', Dr. Sreedharan visits FLAME University for a guest lecture
Guest lectures at a university are a pretty common occurrence all around the globe. They are very popular and effective. I recently discovered the reason behind this when, the very famous 'Metro Man', Dr. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, who is a retired IES officer visited FLAME University as a guest lecturer. He is known as the 'Metro Man' because he is credited for changing the face of public transport in India during his tenure. His passion, his honesty, his penchant for doing work for the larger good of people and for India clearly reflected in his talks. The positive influence of such interactions, and how it bridges the theories we learn at the university with the real world, makes these lectures priceless.
Dr. Sreedharan is known for building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro when he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro. Mr. Sreedharan was awarded with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001 and the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2005. He was named one of Asia's Heroes by TIME magazine in 2003. He also received the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. Recently he has been appointed to serve in the United Nations' High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST). He was invited by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on his HLAG-ST for a period of three years.
During his talk at FLAME University, he emphasized on the importance of four things in life - integrity, punctuality, competence and social responsibility. He elaborated on these four basic principles, and how they have always helped him complete his work within a stipulated time frame. Now we all know such huge infrastructure projects are extremely complicated, with different stakeholders interfering with several aspects, leading to project delays. Therefore, his completing such public transport projects, with minimum delays and within a particular timeframe is definitely commendable. We realized while listening to him, that he firmly believed in those four principles, and actually applied them in his life. He stressed upon how as young leaders today one must imbibe these qualities, and indeed if the youth did so, it will change the face of India completely. He spoke in detail about how he managed to take up and complete the Delhi Metro Project within the stipulated time of 10 years. The Delhi Metro is world class, and obviously contributed to the city's growth significantly. It is also one of the most successful ventures of public transport in India.
Additionally, Dr. Sreedharan highlighted the strategic and functional aspects which led him to succeed in other projects as well, like using reverse day countdowns for achieving targets. He also detailed how he set targets for his Kerala Railways project, which actually was not a norm then.
He is an exceptionally inspiring figure who is unbelievably humble and it was a privilege to interact with him. He believed in himself and his principles so much that it was easy to see how his sincerity trickled down to this team and made them achieve the impossible.
Take a Virtual Tour of FLAME University
At FLAME University, we believe in providing a stimulating and inspiring learning environment. Our campus, nestled in a green valley in Pune, has everything you expect from a world-class education institute.
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FLAME Faculty:
FLAME faculty is an acclaimed group of scholars and researchers whose teaching is augmented by the contemporariness of their academic knowledge and real world experience. Not only are they eminently capable teachers but also compassionate mentors to students.Faculty also include members with outstanding international education background, scholarship, experience and orientation.
With 66 full time faculty, 35 of them are Ph.D. holders, FLAME University has one of the best student: faculty ratio 10:1
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Visitors to FLAME, and what they said...
Over the years many professionals have visited FLAME and interacted with students. Bankers, businessmen, actors, sportspersons and other professionals from all walks of life have inspired our students.
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Postgraduate Programs at FLAME University
FLAME University offers two-year MBA and MBA (Communications Management) programs.
FLAME University's MBA is committed to develop management professionals who are competent in their chosen domain, sensitive to the environment and culture, responsible to the communities, ethical in all doings and global in their outlook and approach. The program achieves these objectives by having very rigorous academic processes, updated and relevant curriculum, liberal education courses, extensive industry interaction, sports and vibrant student activities in a residential setting in its picturesque campus.
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Campus life at FLAME University:
Campus life at FLAME University promises the beauty of nature as a part of your everyday life. The architecture is at par with the international universities with exceptional surroundings and facilities. It's amiable and conducive surroundings enhance the teaching and learning effectiveness leaving enough room for the students to continue with their activities in the most natural way.
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FirstCut
2016 - FLAME University's Inter-College Film Fest
Earlier this year, FLAME University invited entries for its annual 'Intercollegiate Film Festival - FirstCut 2016'. This was the second edition. During last year's edition of FirstCut, over 150 films from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai had participated. This year it grew bigger and better, with more institutes participating. The fest received 230 entries from 22 cities across India.
With technology evolving many folds, shooting films is not limited only to highly expensive film cameras. Digital cameras and even cellphones are being used to create film content. The FirstCut 2016 festival recognized this urge of storytelling and allowed all formats for film recording. The only expectation was dedication and a whole lot of passion.
Conditionally, all students under 25 years were allowed to send their films. Shortlisted entries were screened on selected days. Makers of the selected films were also invited to FLAME University's campus. Winners received trophies, certificates and cash prizes. The institute with maximum shortlisted and winning entries was awarded a rolling trophy as well.
The campus was brimming with students. The fiction movie segment attracted the most crowd. The event lasted two days, and there were separate juries on both days. Eminent personalities from Bollywood and the media industry graced FLAME University's campus. The first day saw Mr. Samar Nakhate, Pune International Film Festival selection committee member, Ex-FTII Dean and Film Academician; Ms. Shabnam Sukhdev, Writer, Director, Producer (The Last Adieu, Alka: Child to Wife, Journey Back Home, Stranger in my Own Skin, Ishaa Journals) and Mr. Jethu Mundal, film editor of films like Sarfarosh and Henna, as judges. Mr. Madhav Roy Kapur, producer of Nil Battey Sanaata and Gurgaon, and line producer of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Bhoothnath Returns and Rocky Handsome; Mr. Mayank Shekhar, Film Critic (Hindustan Times, Mumbai Mirror), Author, Journalist and Blogger and Akhilesh Jaiswal, Writer of Gangs of Wasseypur and Writer-Director of Mastram, judged the competition on second day.
The jury members interacted with students, encouraged and inspired them by imparting knowledge on various aspects of film making. They also shared many interesting stories about their journey, and answered student's queries patiently.
Screenings were followed by entertainment and live performances by many participants. The most outstanding act was performed by Taal Inc., a professional drum circle (percussion act) wherein the troupe provided various instruments to the audience who had to play the instruments as per instructions of Taal Inc. members. Even jury members and FLAME faculty attended this act.
Talent from across India found audience in good numbers here. Artists found appreciation, jury found their winners, audience found entertainment, and FLAME University's FirstCut 2016 found phenomenal success!
Highlights from Mantrapreneur 2016 - Day 1
Dr. V. G. Patel
"Entrepreneurs are the engines for growth and employ 60% of India's job seekers", said Dr. V. G. Patel. Dr. Patel is the founder of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad. He gave an interactive talk on the various conditions through which an opportunity can be found for a fresh and innovative business idea. The most prominent reason for travelling through this entrepreneurial journey is the 'intoxication of success', said Dr. Patel. Being an old player in this game and having studied the areas for immense growth, he laid emphasis on the fact that the new players in the market should concentrate on selling solutions rather than products or services.
Mr. Kiran Deshpande
Mr. Kiran Deshpande is a man of few words but immense knowledge. Through a very organized talk, he imparted plenty of technical information. Apart from being the President of TiE, Pune, he has also been the CEO of Tech Mahindra and the co-founder of AirTight Networks. He divided the entrepreneurial journey into 4 phases: Idea, Team, Capital, Business Plan. He said that the proper amalgamation and planning of these four would increase the probability for succeeding manifold.
Dr. Yogesh Gurjar
Dr. Yogesh Gurjar was an inspiration for the youth, who have grown up seeing mere corruption. A man of principles and ethics, he has very passionately formed ties between corruption and his field of interest. He has worked on a very 'out of the box' idea which can be a game changer for the nation. Being a very disciplined man with a great sense of the moral way of conduct, he has created a vaccine that prevents future citizens of the nation from being corrupt. Post a sequence of lengthy research, he discovered that the trait of possessing corrupt practices could be found from the genomic sequence of the foetus. This trait could be deactivated very effectively through the vaccine. During the talk, Dr. Gurjar quoted Murphy's Law which was very inspirational as the passion to succeed and belief in his idea could be seen even after multiple disappointments.
Mr. Pradeep Lokhande
Mr. Pradeep Lokhande is the founder and CEO of Rural Relations. With such immense passion and knowledge of his subject, he is bound to make a difference in rural India. With strategic planning and imparting knowledge to students on the requirement of particular educational facilities and services, Mr. Lokhande guarantees that by 2020, the entire population of India will be literate. He has mastered statistical data of his field and after deep analysis claims that by 2030, all schools in rural India would shut down which would bring about the e-learning revolution.
Ms. Shveta Raina
Ms. Shveta Raina is an alumnus of HBS. After working in various organizations, Shveta found her true area of interest which was making a difference for the benefit of the nation. After conducting intense research, she discovered the urgent need of training the future of the nation i.e. the undergraduates for becoming work-ready. Ms. Shveta gave an interactive talk on the field of entrepreneurship by drawing parallels to her own start-up, Talerang. She emphasized on the fact that entrepreneurship is for those who are ready to do anything and everything during the inception years of the start-up. She also stressed on the fact that on-field and market research of the field is a vital factor for the success of the start-up.
Panel Discussion
There was a panel discussion held on the relationship between art and entrepreneurship. The lead panellists were Mr. Rahul Ranade and Mrs. Suniti Vadalkar. A very interactive discussion was held in which life experiences and life lessons of the two were told. Mr. Ranade credited his success completely to his mother as she was his guiding light. Mrs. Suniti, being a specialist in her field of creativity, was not into business at all. She said "Entrepreneurship happened to me". She claimed herself to be very lucky and fortunate as she was guided into forming a creative bond between art and entrepreneurship. Through the discussion, Mr. Ranade emphasized on having the ability to create demand for oneself. With such a large population, mere skills do not promise success. The ability to market oneself is critical. They concluded by stressing on the fact that art and entrepreneurship has tremendous opportunity.
I received the general instructions for the FEAT, and it also says the Group Discussion and Personal Interview will be held on the same day as the FEAT. Is there a selection process to make it through to the GD and PI or is it common to all applicants?
What will be the timings for the GD and PI?