Each time you conserve energy, you take a step towards a better quality of life, a healthier planet and a more sustainable world.
Do your bit, not only today but every day. Let's unitedly make the Earth a better place, for it is our only home.
Goa Institute of Management wishes everyone a happy World Energy Conservation Day!
The placement snippets are released for the batch 2019-2021. This time, the pre-COVID records has broken last year's record and has set the bar high. Checkout the placement snippets using this link - https://youtu.be/JQD9huCt3TU
Application for the Achievers’ Round and application through CAT - 2020 ends tomorrow (15th December, 2020). You can apply now using this link- https://forms.gim.ac.in/
“We, as organizations, businesses, individuals, and societies have to come up with interventions to keep the people at the centre.”, said Mr Yashwant Chauhan, Senior Manager at GAIL, India.
In a motivational session, organized by the Corporate Relations and Placement Cell – PGDM, as a part of Leaders’ Interaction Summit, Mr Yashwant Chauhan discussed the concerns caused by the pandemic in the lives and livelihood of Indians. While speaking about the sustainability of a business, he explained how important it is to have a people-oriented model in order to flourish in this stage of the economy.
Mr Chauhan instilled a drive in the students, as future leaders of the country, to align their organizational goals with that of the sustainable development goals. He pointed out the inter-dependence of the 17 UN SDGs and 169 targets, and how efforts made towards even one of them is coming to a step closer to the other goals.
We express our gratitude to Mr Yashwant Chauhan, for his valuable time and insights, and hope to host him soon on campus.
“I was a clay when I walked in and a pot when I walked out”, said Mr Tirthankar Dash, Design Strategy Partner – Quantum Consumer Solutions, in a workshop called 'Adapt EDIPT', organised by The Centre for Creativity, Innovation and Design Thinking club, GIM. Mr Dash walked the students through an evolving journey of design thinking, explaining the intricacies of a post-automation future and the problems associated with it.
Mr Cianan O’Dowd, Product Design Lead – Quantum Consumer Solutions and Mr Akshay Mathur, Insight & Design Strategy – Quantum Consumer Solutions, elucidated on the practical applications of design thinking by illustrating a 5-step process - Provoke, Immerse, Discover, Ideate & Build, and Refine, which is applied in their organization; through a case study.
We are thankful for giving us a hands-on experience on how design thinking works and providing us with an optimistic perspective about the unpredictable future.
Are you planning to pursue a career in the banking and financial sector? PGDM-BIFS at Goa Institute of Management is a just the right program, specially tailored for you.
Check out this video to know more about the course: https://youtu.be/sgfSQibb4hA
"Goa is your home and you all are residents of this place, atleast for the 2 years you stay here", said Dr Ajit Parulekar, Director, GIM, to the cheerful august gathering, present on the campus today morning, on occasion of the 60th Goa Liberation Day.
Post the flag hoisting, the Director talked about the importance of reading up about Goa's history, and the importance of loving and celebrating the culture that this land holds.
GIM wishes all readers and leaders, a Happy 60th Goa Liberation Day!
Who does not love solving mysteries and channelling their inner Sherlock Homes once in a while?
'The Unusual Suspect' by Sankhya - The Analytics Club of GIM was organized exactly for those detective minds. In the event, a hypothetical murder took place on campus and students had to fill in the shoes of their ideal detectives to find the culprit behind it. The game had just the right amount of twists and turns to keep all participants on their toes, till the very end!
'A bad bank is majorly controlled by the government, but apart from the government, other private players also invest in its equity', writes Ms Dhanshree Bhale (Batch of 2020-2022) in an informative blog by the Society of Finance - SOFIA - Goa Institute of Management.
Checkout the blog 'Bad Bank - Is it Needed in India' through this link: https://voicesofgim.wordpress.com/.../bad-bank-is-it.../
“Focus on what matters to your audience, instead of talking about yourself”, said Mr. Prasant Mohanty, Director, Viveo Health in a webinar organized by the Corporate Relations and Placements Big Data Analytics-GIM.
Mr. Prasant began the session by explaining digital marketing that is building customer relationship through online medium and staying connected with customers in order to generate sales of a product. He further explained the various channels such as website, emails, social media platforms, advertisements etc. that are used in digital marketing.
We thank Mr. Prasant Mohanty for interacting and enlightening the students about digital marketing. We hope to have more such engagements in the future.
Goa Institute of Management launched its Fellow Program in Management on 22nd October 2020. The inaugural ceremony for the program was graced by the Chief Guest, Professor Ashok Chandra, Chairman, Board of Governors, GIM, followed by a panel talk on 'Publishing in Premiere Journals: Dos and Don'ts'.
Checkout a glimpse of the launch of GIM's youngest program using this link - https://youtu.be/jYy6aowfSeQ
"The right product is all about answering the two questions - WHY and WHO", said Ms Dola Halder, Brand Head, Doritos, PepsiCo India, in an insightful session organized by Ribandar Talks. She enlightened the students on 'Marketing Outside of Kotler: Basics of how marketing is done in an everyday Brand Manager's life'.
Ms Halder started the session by elucidating on the marketing definition through the lens of a brand manager and explained the 6 Ps of marketing. She described each one of them by giving examples of how brands have used them and yielded successful outcomes.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Ms Dola Halder for interacting with the students of GIM. We look forward to more such insightful sessions in the future.
The true essence of Christmas lies in spreading love and reaching out to all those who have touched our lives in their capacities. It is the season of cheer, and we, at GIM, hope that the sparkle and happiness this season brings, illuminate your lives.
We sincerely thank all our faculty and staff members for their contribution in keeping the spirit of Christmas alive on campus.
A very Merry Christmas to everyone!
"What we need as a country is to make sure that our financial system is robust enough to be able to support the new world order." Watch Dr Ajit Parulekar, Director, Goa Institute of Management, highlight the significance of a developing country in their journey, to become fast-paced and embrace the new world order, using this link - https://youtu.be/z7N3Ccn3jNc
A clear blue sky and a lush green campus - that's what an ordinary day at Goa Institute of Management offers you with!
The GIM community warmly congratulates Shantanu Bhatia (PGDM 2020-2022) for winning the 'Not Just Marketing' article writing competition organized by NMIMS Mumbai. Wishing him more such successful endeavours in the future.
“If you don’t take any risk, you never fail, you never learn and you will never succeed” said Mr Ravi Ramaswamy, CEO - RV Consultants in a webinar on the topic - ‘Personal Leadership Skills & the Expectations from the Industry’. This webinar was organized by the Corporate Relations and Placements Big Data Analytics-GIM.
Mr Ramaswamy started the webinar by explaining the value of integrity and explaining how it acts as a foundation in an individual’s career. He went on discussing the important qualities of a leader and demonstrated the difference between a leader and a manager.
We thank Mr Ravi Ramaswamy for such a motivational session with the students and hope to have more such engagements in the future!
Congratulations to team 'The Mavericks' (Aadarsh Bansal, Akash Ahuja, and Mohil Bhatt of PGDM 2020-2022), for securing the first runner up position in the 'Big Idea - Business Plan' organized by V-Guard. Wishing them more such triumphs in the future.
It gives us immense pleasure to announce that the Big Data Analytics Program of Goa Institute of Management has reached new heights in just 3 years of its advent. The program has been ranked the 2nd best Post Graduate program in the country by Analytics Insight. The entire GIM fraternity is filled with joy to welcome the new year on such a high note.
We, at GIM, express our heartfelt gratitude towards all the collaborators who have made this feat possible.
The charm in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.
Hoping that this first break of dawn of the year 2021 brings prosperity and happiness to everyone in abundance.
A very Happy New Year 2021 to everybody!
“Picking up best-performing investment instrument is a moonshot i.e. it’s ambitious, without a full understanding of potential risks”, said Mr Nitin Mathur, Director, Tavaga, while addressing the session organized by the Training and Placement Committee of BIFS.
Mr Mathur, while deliberating on Portfolio Construction through Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), said that adopting a glide path investing is one of the finest strategies tailored to balance and meet the need of an investor’s goal. He emphasized that the same strategy cannot be applied to all the portfolios and therefore we should follow a flexible approach.
We would like to thank Mr Nitin Mathur for this session, giving invaluable insights on the emerging aspects of investing.