Life@SDMIMD

MBA CAT 2022
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SDMIMD in collaboration with EFMD & Third Sector Research Resource Centre, University of Mysore organised a one day symposium on "Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development" on February 26, 2019. The symposium is proposed to discuss the broad philosophy behind the emphasis on social responsibility and how corporate bodies are rising to the occasion to meet this need.  We also discussed the direction that these activities should take as well take a cue from current practices. 

Prof. Ulrich Hommel, Associate Director of EFMD &Chair Professor of Corporate Finance, EBS Business School, Belgium had delivered keynote address. The symposium featured  special talks by the senior corporate executives with practical exposure to CSR, invited lectures by the senior academician of international repute, deliberations by senior executives of NGOs, and panel discussion. The panel was represented by industry, NGOs and academics.

The symposium has covered various issues relating to CSR such as: Global perspectives of CSR, emerging issues in CSR, designing CSR projects, implementing CSR projects, CSR and sustainability of interventions; Opportunities and Challenges. The symposium was attended by: academicians, executives of NGOs, and executives of corporate sector.

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Post Graduate Certificate in Management (Full-Time) - 15 Months - Approved by AICTE

Last date for Applying: June 30, 2019

PGCM Commences: August 1, 2019

The Program is aimed at freshers, working executives, entrepreneurs & members from family business, who have not had formal exposure to contemporary managerial tools and techniques by way of formal in-class interaction. Apart from filling this gap, it also equips managers for assuming higher responsibilities and enables them to perform more efficiently and effectively in the context of the changed domestic and international business environment.

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 About the Workshop

“When differences among people cause feelings to run high, managers need to understand the nature of these differences in order to deal with them systematically and in such a way that both corporate harmony and individual initiative are preserved.”

Warren H. Schmidt
Robert Tannenbaum

Negotiations are a part of professional life, whether it is renting office space or purchasing a scarce component from another division, building support for a new marketing plan, or working out next year's budget. In these situations and thousands like them, there are bound to be conflict of interests --- people disagree. Managers negotiate with those whom they cannot command, but whose cooperation is vital, including peers and others outside organizations. Managers also negotiate with subordinates who have their own interests, understandings, sources of support, and areas of discretion.

As the world is dynamic, the organizations ought to adapt to emerging changes for new arrangements to be negotiated and renegotiated. Negotiating is a necessary skill and it is the core of the manager's job profile. People in the organization negotiate not only to win contracts or meet sales targets, but also to guide the organization in the face of change.

As the business environment is increasingly becoming competitive and situations complex, it is critical for managers to equip themselves with negotiating skills. For a manager to be successful, it is important to develop strong negotiation skills. 

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SDMIMD Director appointed to EPAS accreditation Board

The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) has appointed Dr N.R. Parasuraman, Director & Professor – Finance, SDMIMD, Mysore as a member of the EFMD Program Accreditation System (EPAS) Board. The primary focus of the EFMD EPAS Board is to consider whether a programme meet the prescribed standards by evaluating the proposals along with Peer review reports presented to the Board for approval of accreditation status.
 

This is a prestigious appointment for SDMIMD in the sense that it is a recognition of the high standards that the Institute has been maintaining.  The words used in the EFMD website are “The EPAS Accreditation Board is composed of representatives of high profile organisations that are stakeholders in the quality improvement of management education”

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SDMIMD Foundation Day Lecture 2019

  

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The   Foundation Day lecture at SDMIMD is an event to commemorate the founding of   the Institute 25 years back. Year after year, we have been having   distinguished speakers who have made a mark on society as the speaker for   this occasion.

This   year’s Foundation Day Lecture is special as SDMIMD will be celebrating its   25th Year of inception. The Silver Jubilee Foundation Day Lecture 2018 will   be delivered by Indian space scientist K. Radhakrishnan, Former Director,   Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).  The event will be held at 11   am on 19th July 2019 in the Institute campus

In yesteryears, Dr Devi Shetty,   Founder and Chairman of Narayana Hrudayala, Dr Harish Hande, Ramon Magsaysay   Award Winner, Co-founder & Managing Director of Solar Electric Light   Company (SELCO) Pvt. Ltd.; Mr Sivakumar, Group-Head, Agri & IT   Businesses, ITC Group; Mr Vivek Kulkarni, IAS (Retd.) & Founder –   Brickwork Group; Mr T.S. Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner,   Government of India; Sri. B. Muthuraman, Former Vice Chairman, Tata Steel and   Chairman, Tata International;  have given talks as part of Foundation   Day.

 

Speaker Profile

Dr. Koppillil Radhakrishnan, is   a Technocrat par excellence; a dynamic and result-oriented Manager with very   fine personal and inter-personal qualities; an astute Institution-builder   with a strategic vision; an able and diligent Administrator with a positive   attitude; and an inspiring Leader with a rather rare skill of nurturing   leadership in the younger generation.

Dr.   Radhakrishnan was born on August 29, 1949 at Irinjalakuda, Kerala. He   graduated in Electrical Engineering from Kerala University (1970), completed   his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1976) and obtained   Doctorate for his thesis titled “Some Strategies for Indian Earth Observation   System” from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2000). He is a Fellow   of Indian National Academy of Science (FNASc), Fellow of Indian National   Academy of Engineering (FNAE); Honorary Life Fellow of The Institution of   Engineers, India; Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Electrical and   Telecommunication Engineers, India; and Member of International Academy of   Astronautics.

Starting   his career as an Avionics Engineer in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, he held   several decisive positions in ISRO in the domains of space launch systems,   space applications and space programme management. He had commendably held   the post of Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the lead centre for   launch vehicle technology in ISRO and Director, National Remote Sensing   Agency. In his brief stint (2000-2005) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, he   had also been the Founder Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean   Information Services (INCOIS) and the first Project Director of Indian   National Tsunami Warning System. He also held several important positions at   the international level including Vice Chairman of Intergovernmental   Oceanographic Commission (2001-05), Founder Chairman of Indian Ocean Global   Ocean Observing System (2001-06) and Chairman of the Working Group of the   Whole UN-COPUOS STSC (2008-2009).

Since   October 2009, Indian Space Programme have carried the signatures of the   strong leadership of Dr. Radhakrishnan with focussed thrust towards (a) space   applications for societal services and national imperatives; (b) creation,   management and sustenance capability and capacity for space systems; (d)   undertaking new and path-breaking missions (e) development of several   critical technologies ; and most importantly (f) ensuring synergy of 16,000   strong ISRO Team with Indian Industry, Academia, User community and several   National R&D Laboratories.

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  SDMites get Selected for NIPM National Quiz 2019


National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) Karnataka Chapter Organized the Quiz Competition on August 25, 2019, at RV Institute of Management, Bangalore, to select the Candidates for NIPM 2019 National Quiz. Ms Juhi Prabhu and Ms Karshini Tygarajan from PGDM 2018-20 Batch won the NIPM Karnataka Chapter quiz and got selected for the National level which will be held during September 2019. 

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INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CONFERENCE

 In the current changing market environment, the objective of this two day ‘International Conference on Marketing’ is to provide a platform for the industry, marketing practitioners and academia to share their knowledge and experiences in value-driven marketing. The conference is expected to be a confluence of marketing minds, where there will be active sharing of best practices and insights how value driven marketing principles can benefit the stakeholders in long run.  The conference will focus on the contemporary and emerging trends of marketing in a value focused market environment.  

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 Session on Publication of papers in F & A Journals


 Dr P. Janaki Ramudu, Professor – Finance, and Dean - Academics at IMT Nagpur delivered the session on ‘Publication of Papers in Finance and Accounting Journals’ to the participants of Pre-Conference Workshop on Empirical Research in Finance held on September 5, 2019. Dr Ramudu discussed the need for publications and the expectations of editors from journals. While discussing the gap between the industry and academics, Dr Ramudu said ‘the research knowledge of academicians is not fully used by the industry. The industry still does not believe in the solutions from academics owing to the lack of knowledge about the industrial applications.’ Further, he detailed the traditional and emerging areas of research in Finance and the opportunities in the emerging areas. 


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Talk on Corporate Governance & Ethics

Sri R. Ranganath, Advisor to CEO, Air Asia, Former Vice President (Finance), India and South East Asia, Tata Steel Limited, was the distinguished Chief Guest for the valedictory function of the 8th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets held on September 6, 2019 at SDMIMD. 


Sri Ranganath in his valedictory address on Corporate Governance and Ethics gave valuable insights on the topic. Further he opined that the ethical practices need to emanate from the top management only then the impact can be seen in business practices and sustainable growth of the company. He also cited examples of leading Indian conglomerates which are bellwether in the stock market due to their strong value driven business initiatives and practices. The session was concluded with an interesting and interactive discussion.


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Inputs on "Preparation for Interviews" by Expert

  

Mr Kiran Joshi, former Career Consultant and Former Manager - Learning & Development, IIM Udaipur, delivered invited talk on 'Preparation for Interview' to PGDM 2018-20 Batch on September 23, 2019. The interaction with the speaker on various aspects of interview and interviewing was the major takeaway for SDMites. The talk concluded with Q&A.


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Invited talk on 'Product Management'. Mr S. Chandramouli, Insights Feedback, Bengaluru, was the guest speaker on campus on September 21, 2019, delivered the talk on 'Product Management' to the PGDM 2018-19 Marketing Specialization students. Mr Chandramouli with his various research and consulting engagements across diverse industry sectors, impacting close to 200 clients shared valuable experience to the students. The customer services were detailed bringing the anecdotes by his experience in conceptualizing and designing Feedback’s customer satisfaction framework, which primarily integrates aspects of satisfaction, loyalty, advocacy and value for money along with expectations, business benefits, brand image and other futuristic aspects to derive takeaways for clients. The experiential sharing by the speaker helped the students to know about the customer relationship.

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SDMites get First Place in Debate


Ms Ekta Burman and Mr Dronamraju Subhakar of PGDM 2018-20 Batch have secured first place in the preliminary round of Maria Philip Memorial Intercollegiate Debate Competition conducted recently in Mysore on September 25, 2019. The Winners will be participating in the finals that will be held at XIME, Bangalore.  



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SDMites Win Arthayudh Fest 2019 of Christ University


The students of PGDM Batch of 2018-20 emerged as the winners of ‘Arthayudh 2019’, organized by the Department of Management Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru, held during 20th and 21st September 2019. Mr Jeffrey Joshua Durai and Mr Dronamraju Subhakar were the winners of Marketing Event, Mr Abhilash R and Mr Yashank Uthappa won the Finance Event, Ms Shoba Reddy and Ms Yerupula Haripriya were the runners up of the Human Resources event, and Mr Bellurkar Vijay and Mr Anand Sharma were the runners up of B-Quiz event. Ms Srinidhi, Mr Harshith and Mr Revanth T were the runners up of the Best Management Team event. The winners received cash prizes worth Rs. 85,000/- in addition to trophies and certificates. 

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TELECAST ABOUT SDMIMD IN TIMES NOW Times Now will be telecasting a special feature about SDMIMD as per the following schedule. Saturday, October 19, 2019, at 3:30 PM Sunday, October 20, 2019, at 3:30 PM The program will also include an interview with our Chairman Dr. D Veerendra Heggade, discussions with our key functionaries, key visuals on the campus and activities, the growth of SDMIMD and its 25 Years journey in management education.

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Awards Presented to SDMIMD TOASTMASTERS SDMIMD Toastmasters Club has won two awards at the annual conference conducted by Toastmasters International. The awards won are: 1. The Spirit of 92 award: This award is given to recognise the Distinguished Club Status achieved by our club on account of accomplishing 10 goals in the area of education, membership, training and administration. It involved achieving the Competent Leadership Award, getting new members, Club officers training and submitting information on time for the club to run smoothly to benefits members. SDMIMD belongs to district 92 which includes Karnataka and Kerala. 2. The Phoenix Award: This award marks our club’s never give up attitude and achieving the highest success ever since the club started in 2014. We had a crisis situation with less than 10 members in March 2018. In less than ten months, our club and its members sprung back into action and took the membership up to 23 and achieved this Distinguished Status.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VALUE DRIVEN MARKETING 2019 

In the current changing market environment, the objective of this ‘International Conference on Marketing’ is to provide a platform for the industry, marketing practitioners and academia to share their knowledge and experiences in value-driven marketing. The conference is expected to be a confluence of marketing minds, where there will be active sharing of best practices and insights how value driven marketing principles can benefit the stakeholders in long run.

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Abhigyaan 2019 


SDMIMD organised the annual flagship event for Undergraduates - Abhigyaan ’19, on October 10 & 11, 2019 at its campus. The two-day fest was inaugurated by Dr N. R Parasuraman, the Director of SDMIMD.  More than 400 students from colleges across Karnataka participated in various events such as Best Manager, Best Entrepreneur, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, B-Quiz, Photography, Mad Ads, Treasure Hunt and Street Play. The sports event was introduced in this year’s fest and a cricket match was organized. The inaugural day culminated with vibrant cultural competitions such as Singing, Dancing and Fashion Show. 


The Day-2 of Abhigyaan 2019 commenced with the final rounds of the management events. Abhigyaan was a wonderful platform for the students to showcase their managerial skills and talents. SDM College of Business Management, Mangalore emerged as the overall champions of Abhigyaan’ 2019. The event was organized and coordinated by the Samprati Committee of SDMIMD.

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2-Day Workshop by Kennesaw State University professor 

Dr. Sheb True, Professor of Marketing, Interim Director – MBA Programs, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, United States, conducted 2-Day workshop on ‘Strategic Positioning and Leadership’ on October 18 & 19, 2019 at SDMIMD. The workshop was organized for the focused group of PGDM 2018-20 Batch marketing specialization students. 

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Exchange Program visit to BUiD, Dubai by Prof. Gandhi

 Prof. L. Gandhi, Faculty – OB/HR, SDMIMD, visited British University in Dubai (BUiD), Dubai during October 21 to 23, 2019 on a Faculty Exchange Program (FEP). Prof. Gandhi conducted the sessions for MBA Program in the University. Students of the program are the working executives who are pursuing their MBA from BUiD. The sessions focused on Organization Behaviour (OB) covering the global scenario. Several case studies and situations from Indian scenario were introduced to the students.  

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SDMIMD bags Dasara Flower Show Prize


SDMIMD is proud of its picturesque campus and green courtyards with verdant environs. The garden known for its landscape, decorative plants and fruit garden has won Five first prizes in the categories:- Ornamental - Outdoor plants, Lawns, indoor plants, Fruit garden and amphitheatre. Also, it has won Best ornamental garden Prize in the recently held Dasara flower competition organised by Department of Horticulture, Govt of Karnataka.  

Over the years, the SDMIMD campus garden has received great appreciation from the visitors and consistently for 9 successive years garden has won the award during Dasara Flower Show Competition.