Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Yash Raj Films to Hold Movie Workshop
at IIM Kozhikode Marketing Seminar
IIM Kozhikode, 19th & 20th August 2006
 

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode is organizing its annual marketing seminar, 'Synapse', on the 19^th and 20^th of August, 2006. Synapse 2006 promises to offer rich insights into various facets of marketing, with events as diverse as talks by marketing gurus, and a movie-marketing workshop on the cards. The theme for this year's event is: 'Marketing Revelations: Through the Seer Stone'. The event has ITC Ltd as the Platinum Sponsor, and Business Standard as its Print Media Partner. The Synapse series of seminars is organized by mPower, the marketing interest group at IIMK.

Synapse 2006 will explore the exciting world of marketing in movies through a full day workshop conducted by Yash Raj Films, a name that has become synonymous with superhit movies and their marketing. The workshop will dwell upon product placements, marketing to NRIs and other such factors that have contributed to some of the biggest Bollywood hits in recent times. It will be conducted by Mr Tarun Tripathi, Head of Marketing, Yash Raj Films.

The event also promises to be a platform for experienced industry practitioners to share their experiences and learning with the students. The speakers who will offer their perspective on the theme of the event are:

• Mr Syed Ahmed, ED-Marketing, ITC Ltd
• Mr Anupam Dutta, Head of Dairy Business, Britannia Ltd
• Mr Sudhakar Mallya, Director, Reach Technologies
• Mr R Subramanian, Director, Subhiksha
• Mr Jayant Pendarkar, VP, Head - Global Marketing, TCS Ltd
• Mr Sujit Samitran, Erehwon Consulting
• Mr. Amit Garg, AVP Marketing , Hindustan Times Media Ltd

Synapse 2006 also features a paper writing contest on the topic: 'Grocery Retailing - Facing the 'kirana' challenge'. The contest is open to B-school students from across the country, offering them a chance of showcasing their ideas on the highly relevant topic.

For more details, and delegate registration,
Visit: http://www.iimk-mpower.info

E-mail: media@iimk.ac.in / mediacell.iimk@gmail.com
 

Source: E-mail August 17, 2006

IIM Kozhikode

Dabbawallahs to Address B-Schoolers at Opus 2006
Annual Operations Seminar of IIM Kozhikode
25th and 26th of November 2006
 

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, will organize the 2006 edition of its annual operations seminar , Opus, at its campus in Calicut, on the 25^th and 26^th of November. The theme of the seminar is "India Inc. - from Sustenance to Operational Excellence." The seminar would provide a platform for experts and innovators from the field of operations to share their views about the latest developments, the future and their critical analysis of the direction in which the field is developing. The Hindu Business Line is the Print Media Partner and CoolAvenues the Online Media Partner for the event.

Delivering meals might not sound so cutting edge, but the runners of Mumbai, popularly called "Dabbawallahs," are a huge phenomenon. From hep management gurus to Prince Charles, everyone has marveled at their efficiency. One of the few organizations in the world to achieve a Six Sigma rating, their runners use a hugely complicated combination of color, symbol coding and precision timing to pick up more than 170,000 lunches from the suburbs every working day and deliver them to offices, as well as schools and colleges. Though the work sounds simple, it is actually a highly specialized trade that is over a century old and which has become integral to Mumbai's culture.

Mr. Raghu Megde (President) and Mr. Gangaram Talekar (Secretary), Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association (The Mumbai Dabbawallahs) will be the two of the speakers at Opus this year and will talk about the efficiency of their supply chain.

The other speakers who will address the seminar participants include:

• Mr. Rakesh Rajora, Vice President, Accenture
• Mr. Ravind Mithe, Chief Consultant (Operations), ECS
• Mr. Syed, Miebach Logistics Group
• Mr. Pradeep Jadhav, Manager, CHAINalytics
• Mr. Sameer Shukla, Bristlecone Consulting

For more details, please visit www.omega.iimk.ac.in or call 9387211143 (Naren), 9847792290 (Prashant) or 9947280446 (Aishwarya).
…

Media Cell, IIM Kozhikode
media@iimk.ac.in
 

Source: E-mail November 22, 2006

Are you ready for an International
MBA?
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Bangalore Management Academy
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Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia and
Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Bangalore Campus
 

Bangalore Management Academy (BMA) is the leading management institute partnered with BIM. Now, BMA brings you a globally recognised MBA degree in partnership with Edith Cowan University, Australia. Your International job opportunities begin right here in Bangalore.

Highlights of the course we offer:

* The MBA of Edith Cowan University has received a 5 Star rating from the Good Universities Guide 2004 to 2006 for its quality faculty and industry linkages.

* 2 weeks academic programme is completed at Edith Cowan University, Australia (Travel and Accommodation are included in the fees).

* 12 weeks Industry internship in the India as part of the course.

* Only programme that gives a Internationally recognised MBA 16 months.

* All Inclusive Fees:
   * Tuition fees * Examination fees * Library * Computer lab Access
   * Wifi access at campus * Professional Soft Skills Training * Accommodation * Food * Transport

Placements: Placements are provided by the professional placement cell at BMA. Currently, placement for the 1st batch is going on, highest salary offered till date is Rs.7.25 Lakhs CTC.
 

Students interested in more information or in applying are invited to attend the seminar

Date: 2nd December, 2006
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm

Venue:
Concorde II, Ramada Plaza Palm Grove,
Juhu Beach, Mumbai

Bangalore Management Academy
(Bangalore Campus of Bharathidasan Institute of Management)
#17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Marathahalli – Mahadevapura Outer Ring Road,
Marathahalli Post, Bangalore-560 037
Phone: 080-28533132, 28532544, +91 9900502743
Fax: 080-28532099, www.bmaindia.com

To download the application form, visit www.bmaindia.com
Admissions Manager – Anirban: +91 9900502718
SMS – 'STUDY' to 4545 E-mail: info@bmaindia.com
 

For details see Times of India (Mumbai) December 1, 2006 pg.15

St. Francis Institute of Management and Research
Mumbai

pathh 2007
Management Challenges for Business in the
Changing Technological & Globalized Environment
(March 2nd and 3rd 2007)

Call for papers from
Academicians, Corporate Executives and Researchers
 

About St. Francis Institute of Management and Research

The Institute was established by "The Society of the Congregation of Franciscan Brothers". This international charitable society of Religious Brothers was founded in 1901 and runs orphanages, schools, formal and informal technical education centers, agriculture training farms, leprosy centers, homes for street children, clinics, dispensaries and hospitals. The society now has 76 such centers in India and abroad. With change in times, the society has ushered into quality educational activities especially into higher technical education focusing on self-employment.

The establishment of St. Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMAR) is one such effort. It was established in the year 2002 with a vision to flourish as a seat of learning of international standards for developing an entrepreneurial class of value based industrial leaders, empowered with techno-managerial competence to sustain innovation for building global businesses of the future.

The Institute is affiliated to the University of Mumbai and offers its MMS programme.

pathh 2007

The Research & Consultancy wing of St. Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMAR) is holding this National Research Seminar to develop and strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit. This seminar is aimed at providing an appropriate forum for Academicians, Researchers, Entrepreneurs, Executives and Government Representatives to come together and discuss the issues involved, in the selected topics within the broad field of entrepreneurship. The deliberations will aim to kindle the entrepreneurial spirit and provide pragmatic thoughts on contemporary issues.

Themes

Marketing Management in the globalized environment

* E-marketing
* New tools for marketing
* Capturing rural markets
* Emerging retail scenario
* Innovations in advertisement

Finance Management in the globalized environment

* International Capital Markets
* Private Equity/Venture Capital
* Innovations in financing projects
* Financial Engineering
* Special Economic Zones: Issues and Implications

Human Resource Management in the globalized environment

* Assessment of skills and competition in the globalized environment
* Problems of disparate laws and regulations
* Managing in multi-cultural environment
* Leadership for building global businesses
* Knowledge Management and Learning Organization

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the globalized environment

* Institutional Networking
* Education for innovation
* Research and Development in entrepreneurship
* Global Entrepreneurship
* Decision Support Systems for entrepreneurship

Paper submission guidelines

Length of the paper

The paper should not be more than 10 pages.

Order of the content

The content should be in the following format
a. Title of the paper
b. Author(s) name
c. Abstract (maximum 500 words)
d. Main text
e. Bibliography which should be in this order: Author(s) name, name of the book/journal, publisher and year

Mode of submission

The paper should be in English typed in MS-WORD with double space or printed in 12-point font on A-4 size papers with 1.5 inch margin on all the sides. Two copies and one soft copy of the paper should be
submitted.

Authors are solely responsible for obtaining permission from original sources for longer quotations and any other material they wish to cite in their texts. Papers are accepted for publication on the understanding that these contains original unpublished work not submitted for publication anywhere else, or not presented in a conference/seminar.

Important dates

Deadline for submission of final papers: 25th January 2007
Intimation regarding acceptance of papers: 10th February 2007
Presentations: 2nd and 3rd March 2007

Organizing Committee

Chairman: Bro. Julius George, Chairman, SFIMAR
Co-chairman: Dr. Thomas Mathew, Director, SFIMAR
Chief Advisor: Bro. Francis More, Registrar, SFIMAR

Convener

Ms. Sulbha S. Raorane, Core Faculty
E-mail: sulsan06@yahoo.co.in
M: 9820572004

Co-convener

Mr. Neerav Nagar, Core Faculty
E-mail: neeravnagar@gmail.com
M: 09890752671

Student Organizers

Annabel D'Souza
Melbourne Trinidade
Neil D'Souza
Prachee Chavan
Priyanka Chavan
Santosh Rodrigues
Sheril D'Souza
Venkateswaran Iyer
Vikash Kumar Singh

Venue

St. Francis Institute of Management and Research
Mt. Poinsur, S.V.P. Road, Borivali (West), Mumbai-400 103
Tel. 91 22 28958403, 28917089, Fax: 91 22 28906567
Website: www.sfimar.org   E-mail: pathh2007@gmail.com

Mail your queries either to the Convener, Co-convener or to pathh2007@gmail.com.
 

Source: E-mail December 25, 2006

Siva Sivani Institute of Management
Secunderabad

SAMAROH 2007
4th National Seminar on
Banks' Mergers & Consolidation:
Implications and Impediments
February 11th and 12th 2007
Venue: Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Secunderabad
 

SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT had its 1st approval in the year 1992 from AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, to conduct 2-year full time Post Graduate Programme in Business Administration and has successfully presented 13 batches to various business organisation from its portals. The 14th and 15th batches are still pursuing their instruction. SSIM started offering PGDM (Marketing) from the year 2006 with an intake of sixty students.

Some of our Distinctions:

* Ranked top 52nd B-school in the country, C-Fore Outlook 2006
* Ranked top 56th B-school in the country and 13th in South India, CSR-GHRDCb-School Ranking, 2006.
* Rated as the best non-University, non-Government Business Institute in Andhra Pradesh (Business India-AIMA Survey 2003)
* State of the art IT-enabled paperless class rooms equipped with an LCD projector, e-boards and Audiovisual equipment.
* Among the foremost of institutes to promote self-driven and experiential learning through various innovative and periodical co-curricular events – viz., Srikaar, Samskriti, Spandana, Sammelan, Sampada, Samanvay, Shreshta, Smriti, Sneha & Samaroh.

Introduction:

"Banks the world over are scrambling to become larger, whether by organic growth or by mergers and acquisitions" .... says Robert Cottrell in The Economist, May 2006. The pressure of competition in the banking, particularly in the globalised environment, is pushing banks to widen their geographical boundaries and range of products/services, with a view to achieving economies of scale, besides expanding their scope for improving their efficiency. Public sector banks (PSBs) are being goaded to merge and become bigger, because 'bigger' is supposed to be better in a globalised world. The Union Finance Minister, Mr Chidambaram said that it is important for PSBs to grow "in scale and muscle" so that they can compete effectively with "world class banks". The economies of scale will enable the merged entity to become comparable to some of the bigger international banks. This will be an added advantage for financial institutions in a liberalised financial environment, to increasingly get exposed to cross-border flows of capital. There have been nearly 40 cases of bank mergers in India since 1969 with Bank of Bihar merging with State Bank of India. Since then, it has been going on in a slow pace but now it is gaining momentum with globalization of Indian economy and increasing international competition in banking. Thus, there is a need for a common platform, as this seminar, for experts from corporate and the academia to deliberate on the nuances of banks' mergers and acquisitions for carving the future roadmap.

Objective:

Under the globalised scenario, the Indian banks need to gird up their loins to address the problems of growth to avoid being reduced to pigmies and rarely figure in the international rankings and ratings. As rightly pointed out by the Union Finance Minister Mr Chidambaram, unless Indian banks merge and consolidate they would not get global recognition let alone the competitive advantage.

With the adoption of BASEL II norms the Indian banks are trying to find a place among international peers but the various provisions of the BASEL II leave many issues that need to be addressed in a systematic and meticulous way as there is no place for Non-Performing Banks. Thus size of the bank assumes significance. These issues shall be addressed during the seminar by the experts.

Invitation:

The two day seminar invites papers on sub-themes listed below from delegates from all over the country which include faculty of Educational Institutions, faculty of banks' training institutions, researchers, executives from the banks, corporate bodies, government and non- government administrators, and the students of B-schools.

Papers will be presented by the delegates in different sessions wherein the presenters will be provided with all the necessary hightech services.

Sessions' Themes:

* Indian Banks on Growth Trajectory
* Incentivising Bank Mergers – Regulators' Role.
* The Strategic and Competitive Perspectives of Bank Mergers & Valuation Strategies.
* BASEL II & Growth Implications.
* HR Implications and Impediments in Bank mergers:
* Technology Interface in Mergers
* Road Map to Mergers and Consolidation.
* Overcoming the Impediments.

Speakers:

High achievers, senior bankers of industry and academia.

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission*: 7th January 2007
Intimation of acceptance: 11th January 2007
Full-length Paper*: 26th January 2007
Confirmation: 05th February 2007
* By e-mail - followed by hard copy thro Post / Courier

Registration:

The Registration Fee* for different classes of participants is as follows:

Corporate Executives: Rs. 1000.00
Academia:
Professors / Faculty: Rs. 750.00
Research Scholars: Rs. 500.00
* Lodging and Boarding will be provided at our hostel on first come first served basis.

For further details concerning article submission and registration please contact:

Chief Co-ordinator:
Prof. V.G. Chari: 09391115089, vgchari@yahoo.com / vgchari@gmail.com
Seminar Co-ordinators:
Prof. S.F. Chandra Sekhar: 09391114937, sfchyd@gmail.com
T. Suchitra Rani: 09391114939, suchiss@rediffmail.com

SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
Kompally, NH 7, Via Hakimpet, Secunderabad-500 014
Phone: 08418-232727/737/928/929; 040-65457236/37
Mobiles: 09391115089. 09391114937, 09391114939
 

Source: E-mail December 27, 2006

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