Campus News

Invited talk by Mr. Chinmay Ananda

The Speakers Club of SDMIMD hosted Mr. Chinmay Ananda, a Financial Education expert, Business Storyteller, International Speaker, and Best-Selling Author, on November 4, 2023, focusing on enhancing communication skills. Mr. Ananda emphasized public speaking's importance, offering insights on overcoming stage fright and structuring effective speeches, including the significance of body language. Interactive workshops allowed attendees hands-on experience to build confidence in public speaking, body language, and facial expressions. A Q&A session by Mr. Ananda enriched the learning experience. The event was a resounding success, boosting participants' confidence in communication.

Invited talk by Mr. Srihari Gopinath

The interaction session with Mr. Srihari Gopinath, Senior Director of Marketing at HPE Aruba Networking, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Singapore & a distinguished alumnus, aimed to provide students with insights into future opportunities, artificial intelligence (AI), marketing trends, and his experiences, especially within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), held on November 3, 2023.

The key discussion points of the talk are as follows
Introduction: Srihari highlighted tech's role in enterprise.
AI Impact: Discussion on AI's influence across industries.
Marketing Trends: Insights into digital marketing strategies.
Experience Share: Practical insights from 24 years in sales.
HPE Strategies: Global strategies and digital marketing.
Student Engagement: Active participation and career queries.

CSR B-School survey Results 2023

In the GHRDC-CSR B-School Survey 2023, SDMIMD is placed in 6th position among 16 Top Leading B-Schools of Super Excellence; 16th among 20 Top B-Schools under the category "Faculty, Publication, Research, Consultancy, MDP & Other Programmes"; 12th among 20 Top B-Schools under the category "Placement (Domestic & International), USP, Social Responsibility, Networking & Industry Interface" and 3rd among Top Private B-Schools in Karnataka.

FDP for MBA Faculty of GSSS

The MBA Faculty of GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women, Mysore, participated in a two-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in Management, held on October 30-31, 2023.
 
The faculty team from SDMIMD and GSSS inaugurated the program & faculty resource persons of SDMIMD conducted various sessions on different topics for a duration of 2 days, as mentioned below:
 
  • Specialization topics in Finance by Dr. M. Sriram, Dr.Riyaz Ahmed, and Dr. S. Kannadas.
  • Specialization topics in HRM by Dr. Mousumi Sengupta, Dr.Mamta Hegde, and Dr. L. Gandhi
  • Specialization topics in Marketing by Dr. Nanda Kishore Shetty, Dr. Keerthan Raj, and Dr.S. Saibaba
The program concluded with a valedictory session and the distribution of certificates.

SDMIMD bags Prize in Dasara Flower Show Competition 2023

SDMIMD has won Prize (Outstanding) in Ornamental Plant Category in the recently held Dasara Flower Show Competition organized by Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka. SDMIMD has been winning prizes in Dasara Flower show Competition since 2004.

PhD awarded to SDMIMD Research scholars

SDMIMD is a recognized research center of the University of Mysuru and three research scholars from the center were awarded the Doctorate in a recently concluded 103rd Annual Convocation of the University of Mysore.   
 
Rajeev Kalebar worked under the guidance of Dr. N R Parasuraman, Professor of Finance, SDMIMD and submitted a thesis titled Data Envelopment Analysis for Complementing Financial Ratios: Financial Statement Analysis of Indian Automobile Companies. 
 
Nataraj R T successfully completed research titled Influence of Conflict Management and Leadership on Succession Planning: A study of Family Business in Karnataka under the guidance of Dr.Mousumi Sengupta, Professor of OB and HR, SDMIMD.  
 
Vishwanantha M R received a doctorate for his research work titled Impact of E-learning on Higher Education in India: An Analytical Study under the guidance of Dr. H Gayathri, Rtd. Professor of Marketing, SDMIMD.  

11th International Finance Conference 2023

Technology has enabled general public to invest in the capital market and as a result the number of demat accounts opened over the years have grown exponentially, said Dr. Abhilash Misra, CEO, National Stock Exchange Academy Limited, Mumbai, held on October 19-20, 2023.
 
Delivering keynote address during 11th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets organised by SDMIMD at its auditorium on Thursday he discussed about the recent developments in the capital market and also spoke on how technology was embraced by the market regulators in the regulation and functioning of capital markets and also mentioned that Technology enabled the people of the country to invest in equity markets. “Indian Financial Markets is one of the robust risk management systems to protect the interest of all the stakeholders” added Misra.
 
Oil prices will go up further: Dr (Lt Col) SN Prasad, Director, SDMIMD delivering inaugural address said due to ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and Hamas and Israel the oil prices may go up further in days to. “The days of easy money are over thanks to the recession caused due to covid in the US; interest rate gone up, no easy money coming to the world. The dollar is slowly eroding and China is becoming stronger and stronger and the net export of china has gone up in the last two years” added Prasad. M Sriram, Conference Chair, IFC 2023 gave a brief introduction about the conference theme and outlined the proceedings of the two-day conference.
 
As part of the conference technical sessions on ‘Corporate Finance and Governance’ and ‘Fintech and Digital lending in India’ were delivered by Abhishek Kumar Jain, General Manager, Treasury and Investors Relations, Wipro Limited, Bengaluru and Sri.Timmana Gouda, Founder, WhatsLoan, Bengaluru. The valedictory address was delivered by Sri.Rajesh Sharma, CEO, Kaynes Technology Ltd, Mysuru. The two-day conference witnessed paper presentations on the broader theme of the conference. 

Invited talk on Entrepreneurship by Mr. Bipin Bopanna

Mr. Bipin Bopanna, an SDMIMD alumnus (PGDM 2017–19 batch), delivered a speech to first-year PGDM students of the 2023–25 batch on October 17, 2023. He provided insights on launching a digital marketing company in less than ten months and growing it to six figures.