2012 | SDMIMD

Imprints: Alumni Reunion 2012

The half-a-day long Special Alumni Reunion of the First Ten Batches on the 22-Dec-2012 went off well at the Institute campus. Despite their professional constraints and demands many Alumni were present on the D-day and their interaction with faculty body was rewarding. Alumni made key suggestions on the PGDM Curriculum, Placements and Admissions. Keeping in line with the global trends in business the alumni interestingly stressed on the fact that the entrepreneurship be instilled in students as part of the curriculum.

Short movie by SDMites Wins Prize

The short film 'The Missed Class' based on the Gandhiji's principles - to recapture and relive the spirit and principles of Gandhiji, has won prize for SDMites. The Movie was made by Omkar Rajyaguru, Himanshu Singh Gurjar, Ashwin S. Prasad, Varun Kumar and Anshu.

A Reformer cannot afford to wait till others are converted. He must take the lead & venture forth alone, even in the teeth Universal Opposition story revolves around a little boy & his father. What happens when he takes the lead alone even in the teeth of universal opposition?

Awards Won

First Prize in the ‘National Social Harmony Film Contest’ at Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) 2012
Secured Second Position in short film making competition ‘Mareechika’- Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA) 2012
Awarded Best Movie in Dual Thought's state Level Short Film Competition 2012
Secured Second Position in Short Film (B- School Category) in IMT Nagpur 2012

International Conference on HR

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“Workplaces should be seen as social enterprises and there should not be work-life dichotomy”, thus spoke Mr. Madan Padaki, Co-Founder and CEO, MeritTrac Services, Bangalore, while delivering the keynote address during the Inaugural Function of the 2-Day International Conference on ‘Managing Human Resources at the Workplace” at SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore. He also stressed on a point that the Indian rural mass can be offered more and more jobs in the BPO business. With the ever growing web based technology and companies like “Coursera” offering online open education systems, there is tremendous opportunity for educating the youth. Coursera, over last nine months, has attracted over 2 million entrants. Health and Medicine is another area which is more sought after by Gen Y and Gen Z.

Adding values to the talk, Mr. Padaki said that HR should be viewed as “human infinite potential” not just as “resources” because with the increase in longevity among human population, even 60+ people are found extremely energetic. These elderly resources are highly potential for a paradigm shift from shallow generalist to serial masters. By the year 2025, the world will not be recognized as developed in technology instead technology will be embedded in the human life itself.

Earlier, the Conference was welcomed by Dr N.R. Parasuraman, Director of the Institute. Conference Chair Dr. Mousumi Sengupta kindled the theme of the Conference and introduced the Keynote Speaker. Conference Co-Chair Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta rendered Vote of Thanks. The two day conference is going to witness deliberation with over 250 paper presenters from academic and corporate area from India and abroad. The student community of SDMIMD fully geared up to organize the Track sessions with a view to gain hands-on experience in managing organizing conferences.

SDMites Won First Place in Research Paper Competition

The research paper by Mr. Sanjeev S and Mr. Aseem A. Kabir entitled “Movement marketing: marketing 3.0 approach in Indian context” has won the FIRST place in Connaissance 2012 : the National Level Research Paper Presentation on the theme Reshaping India for 2020 organized by Christ University Institute of Management, Bangalore held on December 3, 2012. SDMites Sanjeev and Aseem won First place competing with NITIE, Mumbai; IIM, Ranchi; Manipal University; and other premier B-schools.

Guest Lecture on "Corporate Performance Management"

Swaroop Iyengar, Co-founder - Avantika Foundation, addressed the SDMites on the topic “Corporate Performance Management: From Vision to Execution” at SDMIMD Auditorium on December 4, 2012.

GMP for Rane Madras Concludes

SDMIMD conducted a 6-Months intensive General Management Program for Rane (Madras) Limited, Mysore and Kar Mobile Limited, Bangalore for their Executive Managers of various functional areas of Management.

The Management Development Program was inaugurated on November 12, 2011 by Mr. R. Venkatanarayanan, Executive Vice President – HR, Rane Group. Dr. N. R. Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD, Mr. K. R. Ramesh, Vice President – Operations, Rane Madras, Mr. T. A. Dayalan, GM – Human Resources, Rane Madras, Mr. B. Ravichandran, Sr. Manager, HR, Kar Mobiles Ltd., Hosur and Dr. H. Gayathri, Professor Marketing, SDMIMD and Program Coordinator graced the occasion.

After the completion of the course, a function for awarding certificates to the participants of the Rane Madras program was arranged on December 4, 2012 in the auditorium. R. Venkatnarayanan – President HR, IT & Education – Rane Group, Chennai And K.R.Ramesh – Senior Vice President (Operations) – Plant Head, Rane(Madras) Ltd. Mysore spoke on the occasion.

Kannada Habba Comes Alive...

On November 1^st, both first and second year students from Karnataka celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava by hoisting the Kannada Flag, singing ‘Naadageethe’. The event became meaningful with the ‘Blood Donation camp’ organized by the students. Over 70 students donated blood.

Festivity of Karnataka Rajyotsava by the students continued on November 24, 2012 by serving the guests and faculty with typical Karnataka food in the College premises. Students from 20 states had organised cultural programmes which projected Karnataka culture and tradition. Students danced to tunes of some of the best Kannada film songs. Highlight of the event was that even students from other States danced to the tunes of Kannada songs. Special programmes for the non-Karnataka students like quiz competition about Karnataka, singing of Kannada songs competition and speaking in Kannada were organised.

Recognition from University of Mysore

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Research Center for Management Studies (SDM RCMS), the research unit of SDMIMD has been recognized as Doctoral Research Center by the University of Mysore, Mysore. The center extends professional guidance and assistance to the research aspirants in the area of Management Studies and the successful research works will be awarded the doctoral degree by the University of Mysore, Mysore.

For more information please contact:
Prof. Nilanjan Sengupta
Chairman, SDM RCMS
Email: nilanjan@sdmimd.ac.in

Alumnus on Campus to deliver Guest Lecture

SDMIMD Alumnus Mr. Kshemal Harsha Desai, who is the Senior Manager WW Operations at VM Ware Software India Pvt. Ltd., delivered a guest lecture on “Basic Introduction to Market Research and Defining the New SEC system as suggested by MRSI” (SEC - Socio Economic Classification, MRSI - Market Research Society of India) on December 1, 2012.

Leadership talk on "Leadership & Values"

Mr. Arun Nayar, VP and Global Head HR, Software Paradigm International (SPI), delivered a leadership talk on “Leadership and Values” on November 30, 2012 at the SDMIMD Auditorium. The talk was attended by the faculty and student community.