SDMIMD has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University of Montevideo, Uruguay, establishing tie-up for the student and faculty exchange. The first student exchange is likely to take place in October / November 2016.

Discussion with senior academics of the University of Shanghai, China, regarding furthering of tie-up schemes with SDMIMD. The tie-up for student and faculty exchange program with University of Shanghai is in operation from 2008.

Director Dr. N.R. Parasuraman delivered the class for Masters Students in University of Shanghai, China, on May 15, 2016. The session on specific aspects of interest rates, loans and how these could be calculated using MS-Excel.

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The Fourth Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences was organized at Dubai, UAE during May 13-15, 2016 jointly by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers. The theme of the conference ‘Asia and the Financial Crisis - Rethinking the International Financial System’ attracted academic and corporate nominations across the globe. Mr. Horst Simon, CEO, Dubai Centre for Enterprise Risk Management/Risk Culture Builder, Dubai, UAE, inaugurated the conference at Al Murooj Rotana Hotel and delivered the keynote address.

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The Second International Academic Research Conference on Marketing & Tourism was organized at Dubai, UAE during May 13-15, 2016 jointly by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers. The theme of the conference ‘Cloud Marketing’ – For improved sales performance! attracted academic and corporate nominations across the globe.

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Collaborating Conferences

Management Development Program (MDP) on Teaming for Managerial Success was organized on May 20, 2016. The program aimed at enabling participants to distinguish between groups and teams. The resources persons Dr.Nilanjan Sengupta and Dr. Mousumi Sengupta focused the program activity on the importance of creating high performance teams, effective communication in teams, leadership styles in leading teams, and managing conflict in teams. The program helped the participants in understanding the value of team work through simulation and exercises.

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An MDP on ‘Creativity and Problem Solving’ was conducted for corporate executives of various industries on May 25, 2016. The participants were from middle management level and appreciated the content and delivery of the day long program. Read More>

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Aiming to facilitate the executives in the corporate world to appraise and appreciate the issues and concerns a leader encounters in organizational situations, while dealing with people, both individually and in teams, a one-day MDP was conducted at the Institute on 'Emotional Intelligence for effective leadership' on May 27, 2016. Read More>

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The 2-day program on Finance for Non-Finance Professionals was held on May 27 & 28, 2016. The program equipped professionals representing the Non-Finance background, with the essential tools and concepts in Finance. Read More>

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A day-long Organizational Development Program was organized on Saturday, May 28, 2016 on the theme 'Emotional Intelligence and Negotiation' for the executives of JK Tyre & Industries. Read More>

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Leadership dimensions are once again at the forefront of discussion and debate in management fora. This has been due to the fast paced changes that are taking place in the business environment and the need for building organisations that can overcome these challenges. Read More>

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Decision making using the data is seen as one of the important aspects in today’s research. A researcher who wishes to propose new results through research, looks for a scientific method that enables him to check whether his hypotheses are true or false. Statistical inference is one such branch of statistics which has got pool of methods that can be used to draw appropriate inferences regarding the hypotheses framed. One problem that a researcher faces is to select an appropriate method based on the objectives, from the pool of method available. He needs to know the assumptions associated with each method and also should know how to check the assumptions associated, using appropriate testing methods. It needs a formal training and guidance for the same. Taking this need as a motivation, an MDP has been designed for the researchers titled “Inferential statistics in research” at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), on June 4th, 2016.

5th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance, Accounting and Banking - August 19 & 20, 2016

Dr. Mousumi Sengupta participated in ‘Annual Environment & Sustainability Conference on Sustainable Urbanization’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Karnataka Chapter on April 19, 2016 at Hotel The Chancery Pavilion, Bengaluru.

Dr. M.R. Suresh participated in ‘Annual Environment & Sustainability Conference on Sustainable Urbanization’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Karnataka Chapter on April 19, 2016 at Hotel The Chancery Pavilion, Bengaluru.

Dr. M.R. Suresh Chief Guest for the inaugural session of the Workshop on ‘Trends in Research and Publication’ organized by BLDEA College of Engineering, Vijayapura (Bijapur) during April 12 & 13, 2016.

Dr. M. Sriram was the external examiner to conduct Ph.D viva voce examination in Management at Christ University on 26 April 2016.

​Dr. Sunil M.V Resource Person for the Workshop on ‘Trends in Research and Publication’ organized by BLDEA College of Engineering, Vijayapura (Bijapur) during April 12 & 13, 2016 and delivered the following sessions: Plagiarism in Research and Publication, Plagiarism detection tools: demonstration of Turnitin, Viper and Plagiarism Checker & E-Resources for research in Engineering and Management.

Dr. Sunil M.V. Chaired session on ‘Best practices in school libraries’ at 2-days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” (COSCOLIDIA), May 12 & 13, 2016. Belagavi: Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school; Jain Heritage School; & Journal of Library Development. Jain Heritage School (JGI).

Member, Committee formed by Directorate of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT), Government of Karnataka. Dr. Sunil M.V attended meeting called to design ‘Manual for Teacher-Librarian’ on May 30 & 31, 2016 at Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysuru.

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Jayakrishnan, S., Rekha, D. Chikhalkar and Ranjan Chaudhuri (2016). Measuring Factors Determining Private Label Purchase. Asian Journal of Empirical Research, Vol.6 (2), (ISSN: (P): 2306-983X, ISSN (E): 2224-4425), pp. 42-58

Nagaraja, S. and Sunil, M.V. (2016). Reading Habit: A key for a successful lifelong learning. 2-days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” (COSCOLIDIA), May 12 & 13, 2016. Belagavi: Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school; Jain Heritage School; & Journal of Library Development. Jain Heritage School (JGI).

Harinarayana, N.S., Sunil, M.V. and Chandrappa, S. (2016). Measuring up to standards: A case study of adoption of a school library. 2-days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” (COSCOLIDIA), May 12 & 13, 2016. Belagavi: Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school; Jain Heritage School; & Journal of Library Development. Jain Heritage School (JGI).

Sunil, M.V. and Vernekar, Vilas. (2016). New Avatar of Information Literacy. 2-days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” (COSCOLIDIA), May 12 & 13, 2016. Belagavi: Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school; Jain Heritage School; & Journal of Library Development. Jain Heritage School (JGI).