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The colloquium event turned out to be a huge success with all the eminent speakers highlighting various facotrs for the changed world...
The event was marked by speakers of eminence viz.,
·Dr. Jyoti Navare, Head of Dept. (Marketing & Enterprise), Middlesex University Business School
·Mr. Sambasivan, COO, Deutsche Bank
·Miss. Kalpana Balasubramaniam, Director, KPMG
·Dr. Harkant Mankad, Dean Emeritus, Russell Square International College, Mumbai

Prof. Pankaj Gupta, the Director of SIBM, welcomed the guests of honour and mentioned an anecdote about animals sensing the tsunami much before their human counterparts by keeping their feet on the ground. The simple fact that a majority of human beings did not have their feet on the ground has led us all to the current recessionary times. What better time than this to discuss about risk?
Dr. Jyoti Navare addressed the students first, giving her academic insights about change and risks in the world today. She posed a simple question – Is this a changing world or a changed world? This question made several rounds in the discussion even when the others were speaking. Risk is the driver of change as per her opinion.

She discussed about globalization and its aftermaths. She mentioned that the middle class of the future will be the drivers of global economy. She explained how the Indian culture is being embraced by the British in several aspects leading to a ‘Recolonization’. She summed up by saying that, “The world now is not more risky than it was in the past; only the balance and positions of risk has changed in this changed world now”.

Mr. Sambasivan provided a banker’s view on the risks in the business environment today.He described the current student generation as a fortunate one that has got to witness all the worst scenarios before even entering into the real business world.

He spoke about the complicated financial packages that are easy to buy and sell because of their complexity. He credited the RBI for protecting the Banking Sector of India with a vision. He discussed about the three pillars – Risk Management, Costs and Efficiency. He said the picture is definitely not gloomy and it will in the long run lead to a more disciplined, better risk-managed and beneficial market.

Miss. Kalpana, in her speech, gave an optimistic vision of the future. She talked about globalization in family and career. Simply put, Globalization, she said, is the cause of her young son being aware of Pizzas, Idles, Google and the like. The major enablers of globalization are i) Technology, ii) Transport and iii) International Capital Flows, iv) Change in economic, cultural and political systems and v) Education. India has established itself as an important factor in global business today. Ms.Kalpana summed up with a report by Goldman Sachs that predicts that India would outdo China by 2025 in GDP growth.

Dr. Mankad, a man of great wisdom, shared his vast experience with the audience through his speech. To him, the speed of change is the driving force of all risk that makes the world such an unpredictable place now. He discussed about McKinsey trends – briefing about all the likely changes to come.

Centres of Economic activity would shift; Demographic structure and consumer landscape will change; Battle for talent will intensify; Technological connectivity will change life.
The risks that it brings along are negativism, over reaction, atrophy, misjudgement, communication lapses, dwelling on the past, irrelevance, meaninglessness and absence of trust. To mitigate these, one should understand the magnitude and direction of change, anticipate and be pro-active, prioritize and act.

The event concluded with a brief question answer session where the dignitaries took on different questions from the students. The Colloquium gave a rich insight on change and risk and provided suitable and relevant guidelines to tackle it in the future.

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A SESSION WITH Mr.T.N. SESHAN...

..........the former Chief Election Commissioner of India, visited SIBM Bangalore to address the the first year students here on the 9th September 2009. During his earlier visit to the campus for the inauguration ceremony, he had accepted to be associated with SIBM as a mentor to the institute.

Keeping to his word, his visit this time was with the purpose of interacting briefly with the batch before specifically setting down to task in the coming months. After listening to his inspiring words, one has to feel priviledged!!
He started his speech with an autobiographical touch, narrating his experiences in a multitude of prestigious posts spanning his diverse career. He had been an outstanding student and still prefers an outstanding life as was evident when he refused to sit and address the gathering for the precise reason. His career that started off as a lecturer of Physics culminated to great heights through his sheer will and brutal honesty. He did a Masters in Public Administration at the Harvard University sponsored by the Government of India.
He had worked in AEC, ISRO, ONGC and then the Election Commission of India and everywhere he was known for his candid style. He had worked closely with two Indian Prime Ministers – Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. Not surprisingly, he had lots of interesting anecdotes to engage the audience and enthral them.
Mr.Seshan talked on Leadership and appealed the students to discover the leader in them. While we all learn, he stressed the need to acquire the habit of learning to learn. Since a good manager can never afford to strike a dumb pose to his subordinates, he has to gain expertise in every job that he asks his subordinates to do. This is the passion that led him to drive a bus in the narrow Broadway Road of Chennai and that made him an expert in security management of a VIP like Rajiv Gandhi. He quoted Tennyson’s verses, “To strive To learn To find and not to yield” as the mantra for success.
He talked of the virtues of Integrity, the vital aspect of a leader. A leader should also learn to follow when needed. He asked the students to develop the leader in them, develop their communication skills and maintain discipline. He wished the young generation to be energetic and enterprising.
In his further visits, he has planned to pick a small number of potential leaders among the batch and promised to mentor them personally. His message to the students was ‘Acquire skills and Learn to Decide’.
Entire campus waits to have him back in all actions......

I must say, this has been one of the best talk I could ask for!!

[ankjet]

hey guys

i had a query regarding the notification of UGC that governs the setting up of off campus centres by private universities.. so what is the status of SIBM bangalore as it is affliated to SIU which is Pune based..??

thanks
ankit

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time for some party here............!!!!you heard it right....we do have lot of fun lined up for next couple of days.....!!!!!

The Extracurriculars Committee invites you to JAZZ - A MUSICAL FIESTA

16th & 17th September 2009
7:00 PM onwards....on SIBM campus....

so all the fun loving people are all set to treat our ears....

and few more to move to the music and entertain us........!!

waiting to see a tough managers getting easy on sounds!!!
join us for some fun....

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JAZZ- 16& 17th sept,09...

...........2 evenings of fun....an evening of melody and soothing music....and an evening of rock n roll..

it was very colorful to have a festival of "one of its kind"!!

it was oubviously something different from mundane.......most of the students were seen waiting for those beautiful evenings than to speak of assignments and submissions.......life was "in"!!!

hrs length of practise of all the singers and almost 4-5 days of practise for those dancing souls, ended in giving a fantabulous show with full of lights...........

those extra senstive sound system, those strings of the guitar, melody of music and a lot of preformanceknacks added mirchi to the musical evening.......and those extra "beats" ,sensational attitude,hip hop moves, charming ladies and striking gentlemen in colorful experimental costumes was the extra glamor to the dance night!!!


to call it a perfect end,all those hearts with the factor of "night to unwind" took over the stage to let their spirits high and let go their dancing skills crazy over any kind of music.......
"dance baby dance" is what everyone had in their minds after 2 destressing evenings!!!


with two long evenings of naach gana campus slowly creeps into serious study mood having exams round the corner!!!!!!

life is never a jolly ride..........!?!?!!?!......!?! !?!?!!!more of campus happenings at SIBM - Birthplace of business leaders..............

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After a short 2 week Diwali break ~ Life is back again at the beautiful SIBM Bangalore campus.

From Monday onwards the Seniors will be having their Placements Orientation Program scheduled over the entire week.

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We had Ms. Jessie Paul, Chief Marketing Officer of Wipro’s IT business, among us at the SIBM Bangalore campus for Lecture on Frugal Marketing on the 3rd of November 2009.

Another great speaker of the day was, Prof. Shyamsunder. He is the James L.Frank Professor of Accounting, Economics and Finance at the Yale School of Management; Professor in the Department of Economics, Yale University and Adjunct Professor at the Yale Law School. He took up a Lecture on Corporate Management through understanding organisational structures and interactions.

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life is back in campus.....

hectic schedules are lined up to occupy sleeping hours soon....


well,let there be an insight into whats happening for past couple of weeks!

a team of 19 students with director are back from international tour to singapore and malaysia........
the tour wasan absolute success!!!lot of industry talk- infosys, tamco, hi5, reliance!!

interaction with officials from several industry highlighted the change in market of singapore and malaysia. They explained the complexities or the variations in running a business in such environment with a different work culture or legal norms.
University students who are from different geograhpical domains specialising in various subjects gave students a insight into global environment in the field of academics..

Students enjoyed huge and planned infrastructure of of NTU-nanyang technological university,NUS-national institute of singapore,S P Jain Singapore,University of Malaya etc.A detailed interaction with the authority and students gave a insight into the study of modules and functioning of singapore or malaysian market.

Apart from all the studies, we enjoyed a lot and lot of hang outs and site seeing in these two lovely countries. Genting Highlands, Batu caves, Kuala Lumpur pentronas tower,Sentosa islands and lot and lot of party time!!not to miss shopping and a treat, Haloween night celebration!!!

it was a complete package!

This tour has proved to be a good start for all the international bondages with several industries and univeristies..
We hope this relation will leverage the benefits in long run.......
looking forward for a s similar tour in near future...!!!!

[It'smeJJ]

Twinkling Stars – ASER experience at SIBM-Bangalore

It was the cool morning of last Sunday, 1st November. One call woke me up from the deep sleep (I was too tired doing nothing the previous day). It was Abhishek, to remind me about the Social Responsibility Club event I had volunteered for (ASER), few days before. While waking up I was calculating the opportunity cost – the first Sunday at SIBM as an official holiday!!!! My roomie was still sleeping. But it was my pleasure to wake up someone in deep sleep. He was also there for the event. After the quick breakfast me, Ankit and Sumit left for Begaluru village in shivajinagar. We reached at Begaluru at around 10 am, met with the ASER volunteers and the delegate from Deutsche bank.
Begaluru is a small village, around 70 km far from our college. Our aim was to take part in the ASER (Assessment Survey Evaluation Research) to evaluate the learning level of students between age 6–14 in the village. We had to cover a total of 20 households having school going children. The ASER volunteers were planning to cover the 20 houses with the whole team together. But we applied our managerial skills, came up with the suggestion of ‘Division of Labour’ and divided ourselves in to 2 teams so as to finish the work soon.
I would like to introduce 2 children whom we met with, during the event – Navas( and his brother Sameer (13). One reason why they caught our attention was that they knew Hindi (our inability to speak Kannada was a constraint throughout the survey). We met with Navas on his bicycle in midst of the survey. Very smart child; he accompanied as to the next households, watched the survey and took part in it. He knew Kannada and Hindi; did extremely well in Maths. He wants to become a pilot in future.
Here comes his elder brother Sameer, who was eager to take part in the survey. But he couldn’t...... The survey was meant only for school going children. Sameer is not a student; he is an employee working in the nearby workshop to earn something for his family. He stopped studies 2 years back in 6th. He remained with us for a long time, reading the books we had with us and trying to answer all the questions in those. It was wonderful to see the twinkle in his eyes, when I congratulated him for solving one tough question. I asked him if he wanted to study further. He looked down, without saying anything. I knew, what he meant..........poor chap.
We went along with the 2 brothers to their house made of clay. Their sisters were there. They also took part in the survey. The ‘future pilot’ was still cycling as we were returning.
Now, I am thinking....... I am doing my higher studies after 2-3 years of work experience. Still my family is there to support me. A boy with half of my age, perhaps a brighter student than what I was in his age, quitted his studies to earn meals for his family. It’s neither his mistake nor his family’s. But it is pointing to the bottlenecks of our country’s system. As a future manager, I am worried about the recession, interest rates, BSE and NSE indices.........yes, I have to be. But, it’s also my responsibility to look around myself to identify those who need help. It’s the responsibility of our state to concentrate uplifting these ‘diamonds in the garbage’ rather to concentrate raising the stock market index.
“The ten most important Indians are the education ministers of the country's ten largest states. The next ten are the secretaries to these ministers. Alas, they do not realize their historic mission. The United States, the European Union and East Asia are all embarked on massive plans to accelerate the development of their human capital.......and we Indians are in a race with them” - argues Gurcharan Das in this excerpt from his book "India Unbound".

So need of the hour is firm forward steps by the government, you and me. Our contribution can be small – a few hours in a month to teach tose child, some books they need or a pair of uniforms. These small drops might turn into a flow of river one day. Then only the dreams of thousands like our little ‘future pilot’ will come true.


JINS JOSE
MBA 09–11
SIBM - Bangalore

[abhi1303s]

seniors pls tell me what is the fees for two year progrma 2010-2012 batch as it was not mentioned in site. or last year fees