[bhawik]

Recently, I was hospitalized with viral fever. With the Swine Flu scare these days, it created quite a sensation in my class! The hospital I must admit is one of the more boring places in the campus. Though they have an AC in every ward and I was given an individual room, the whiteness of the place was too bland. My friends who visited me post classes bought me the more cheerful times of the day. The sisters at the ward took good care of me and I was allowed to go after three days. Though not very memorable, my stay was extremely comfortable considering this was my first time at any hospital. To top it all, my treatment was completely free! Thanks to the medical insurance provided for all we students. IIT Madras indeed takes care of its students very well.

[cena_chain]

Great work DoMS seniors! specially rmbt. You have put in a lot of effort. Please don't take this the wrong way, but the first 10 pages of this thread looks like the Doms brochure and like a one way street. There is absolutely no interaction between the prospective students and the seniors. The title of the thread is 'Life@DomS' but there is hardly anything about the actual life, it looks like a continuous advertisement. The posts are extremely lengthy to read. Even as a prospective student I could not bring myself to read even a single post completely.

I absolutely have no intention of offending anyone after you guys have put in so much effort, but please step into the shoes of a prospective student, you'll see there is hardly any interaction on the thread to motivate me. It seems like a monologue.

P.S. - Its good to see other seniors posting. The thread needs a breather, some space so that people could comprehend and appreciate your purpose completely.

[rmbt]

Originally Posted by cena_chain

P.S. - Its good to see other seniors posting. The thread needs a breather, some space so that people could comprehend and appreciate your purpose completely.

Thanks for your feedback. Now let me explain few things to you -

1. This thread and section is only for B-schoolers. So a strict no no to interaction between aspirants and B-schoolers. The same is always done in Cat or other exams section. Feel free to post your queries on the same.

2. I understand this talks a lot about DoMS and seems advertisement. We will surely try to post some fun activities and the actual life @ DoMS

[bhawik]

The last few days were hectic. The department is organizing Sampark '09, a business conclave. Eminent speakers from Philips, Bharatmatrimony, Comissioner of Chenai corporation etc are coming to address us. This is going to be some experience. The main problem our team is facing is that we are not sure of the turnout.
The good thing is that there is a quiz on 23rd october. This has some substantial rewards attached to it. I have made up my mind to participate. The thrill of calling up the news channels and the newspapers is too much to take. I called up SUN TV today and they talked to me in Tamil! I was so surprised. Thanks to Prakash who helped tackle it.
Anyways, our class is full enthu about the event, so am I. Catch more details about Sampark and the Innovation quiz at: http://samparkdomsiitm.blogspot.com

[bhawik]

Sampark-the first Business Conclave organized by the Department of Management Studies (DoMS), IIT-Madras lived up to the buzz it had created over the last week. The theme for the event was “Innovation” and it was sponsored by Business Line Club and Karur Vysya Bank. The highlight of the event was the eminent speakers who came from diverse backgrounds but bonded by the common thread-“Innovation”.

The event began with the Head of the Department, Dr. C.Rajendran delivering the opening address.Dr.M.S.Ananth, the Director of IIT-Madras, lauded the selection of the theme for the first conclave and stressed on the fact that the passion towards success supersedes any failure in the process.

The session began with the keynote address by Mr.Naveen Kulkarni, Director (Business Development) - Philips Research Asia. He shared his experiences as an Entrepreneur before joining Philips and had the audience glued as he articulated how “entrepreneurship” was a gene and not just a trait. He described how the anatomy of “entrepreneurship” works with knowledge in the brain, passion in the heart and fire in the belly. He then moved on to share what they do differently in Philips. He underlined the importance of creating a fine balance between exploration and exploitation for meaningful innovation. He also gave a deep insight on the broad approach towards innovation followed in Philips. He ended his address with his philosophy for future entrepreneurs-“Think big, Start small, and Scale fast”.

The second speaker for the day was Mr. Rajaram Venkataraman, Principal Innovation Architect - Infosys Technologies Ltd.He set the tempo for the day with his opening words- “Innovate or Die”. He started off with some startling statistics regarding the decline of some major companies which substantiated his earlier words. He then moved on to discuss more about “Process Innovation and the role of IT”. He drew similarities between 2 very successful companies, Toyota and Infosys, which conscientiously lived with the philosophy of “The best never rest”.

The post lunch saw the most interactive session with the highly energetic CEO of Consim Info (BharatMatrimony Group), Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman. He also happened to be the youngest speaker and struck an instant rapport with the audience. The audience listened to him as he shared the journey of “Bharatmatrimony” from an idea and how it has become the second name for “online matrimonial services”. He was quick to point out that he too found his soul mate through the site. He emphasized on the importance of “incremental innovation” for sustainable success in this competitive and demanding business scenario. He ended his speech with the words which reverberated in the hall along with the applause he received from the overwhelmed audience-“Do not wait for any breakthrough idea for innovation. Your passion can create and drive innovation”.

The stage was set for Dr.Ravinder David Koilpillai who is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras to take the session forward. He spoke about “Technology Evolution and Innovation-A Telecom Perspective”. He engaged the audience with some insights into the history and development in the field of Wireless Technology. He elaborated on the basic flowchart of Innovation process and also spoke about the importance of patents. He ended the address on a positive note expressing his optimism and excitement about the immense potential in the field of Telecom.

As the session moved towards the last lap with everyone engrossed in reflecting on the various speeches on innovation, Mr. N.K Subramaniyam, Executive Director Saksoft limited took the stage. He introduced the topic “Business Intelligence and Innovation” and elaborated on the reasons for choosing the topic. He started with the concepts of Data warehouse and Data Mart and their commercial viability in current business scenario. These techniques have found immense applicability in the banking, manufacturing and marketing sector for Data mining, for making business decisions and for helping in coming up with newer business strategies. Mr.Subramaniyam ended his lecture stressing on the fact that business intelligence would be the top priority requirement in the near future.

The day long intellectually stimulating interaction with all the speakers lived up to its promise of delivering the 3 Es-engage, exchange and empower through this event-SAMPARK. The speakers spent time answering queries of the students even after their respective sessions. The event concluded with a hope that the coming years would take this initiative to a new level altogether.

[Sivaram1985]

Hai Friends and Moderator,
I want to know some information regarding MS by Research in
Department of Management Studies.

1.interview questions and answers
2.rules to be followed to face the interview
3.fee structure and course completion timing
4.Is this course is equivalent to MBA??

Thank YOU..........