Era Business School – Invitation for “Industry – Academia Dialogue” on 12th Jan 2012

Era Business School is inviting the Directors of  Top Indian B-schools and some top-shots from the Industry to take part in the event which is to be held on 12th January 2012. The idea behind organizing Industry – Academia Dialogue is to bring the people from the management education sector and those from the industry together under one roof in order to discuss about the ever changing market demands and the need to make changes in the education system to meet these demands. The main agenda behind Industry – Academia Dialogue is to learn what the market expects from its prospective managers. The session is certainly going to be inspiring as various eminent industry experts would be there to share their experiences and give an insight into the working of the industry.

Era Business School has always focused on imparting essential management education to its students and inculcating good managerial skills in them to make them industry ready. Industry –Academia Dialogue is another effort in this direction and is expected to help them further in continuing this process.

The Directors of most Top B-schools such as BIMTECH, FMS, etc have been invited to attend this stirring interactive session. In case the Directors are not able to take out time to attend the event, they are requested to nominate an HR professional from their organization for attending Industry – Academia Dialogue to share their concerns.

The edifying session would begin at 6 pm on 12th January 2012. The venue chosen for the same is the Era Business School campus which is located in Dwarka, New Delhi. This interactive session would be followed by dinner.

IMT-CDL takes to the airwaves with Zee TV

Expanding its leading role in the video-conferencing and e-learning field, Institute of Management Technology Centre for Distance Learning partnered with Zee TV to create a five-episode series.

The series centered on thought leadership in the field of marketing, human relations and cyber law and is another example of IMT-CDL is using modern technology to revolutionize teaching methods.

A partnership between Zee TV and IMT should come as no surprise. Zee Business, the business news channel, recently ranked  10 B-schools offering MBA in distance learning mode with top rank given to IMT Centre for Distance Learning.

Commenting on the top ranking, Dr. A M Sherry, Director, IMT-CDL said, “This is the first time that this type of ranking has been done by Zee Business. I am really happy that IMT-CDL has been ranked No. 1 by Zee Business. At IMT-CDL, it is believed that if adequate efforts and processes are established, the quality of education offered by distance institutions can be as good, even better than regular full time education.”

Dr. Sherry said “By leveraging the use and power of technology we are striving to bring education right to a student’s doorstep.”

He told the Indian Management Conclave 2011, “I think ‘dot com’ is the new DNA because without this technology and without the power of this technology, such an advanced form of education would not possible.”

“We were the first in the country to introduce the concept of a digital library in the field of education for 50,000 students across the globe.”

Video conferencing and online classes remove the physical restraints of providing education.

The hall in which a series of workshops covering such things as marketing, human resources, operations research, personality development and communication skill was held had a capacity of about 300 students but IMT web cast them all.

“This experiment proved to be very, very successful,” said Dr. Sherry. “Of the 50,000 students at least 30,000 were present online across the globe.”

Video-conferencing technology is also helping solve issues related to what Dr. Sherry called “the current faculty crisis.”

He said “We are now using the WEB-EX system developed by Cisco. With this there is no need of a studio or specific setup to deliver the lecture. Some of our faculty members were at our Dubai campus delivering lectures to 50,000 of our students. With this technology they can also telecast a lecture from their residence.”

“This is the beauty of technology,” he said. “We have solved problems related to the faculty crisis simply, with technology.”

A student taking classes online can ensure they have a quiet, comfortable, healthy, studying environment and be in contact with experts from around the world via their browser.

They can interact with faculty using the using chat function and participate in question periods after class.

“Distance learning with us doesn't mean studying alone,” says Dr. Sherry. “Our Personal Contact Programmes (PCP), nationwide network of information centres, online digital library, video conferencing, excellent curriculum and a great faculty-student interaction are second to none, no matter where you are in the world.”

Jaipuria: Students share their views about life at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida

The first year students- Jigyasa Khusrum and Shipra Sinha and the second year students- Eshna Aggarwal, Ritika Mallick, Parul Nigam and Shikha Gupta- from PGDM General and HR shared their experiences about being at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida which happens to be one of the top management institutes in India. These PGDM General students specializing in different fields such as Marketing, HR, Finance, Operations, etc shared various aspects of life at Jaipuria Noida.

It was seen that while the first year students seemed quite thrilled about being at the institute. Jigyasa Khusrum and Shipra Sinha from 1st year PGDM shared that, “life at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida was full of fun and excitement”. The second year students were of the opinion that the life of an MBA student is not all that easy; they shared that studies come first and fun and frolic has to take a back seat. However, one thing that the students from both the batches agreed upon was that Jaipuria Noida offered excellent learning experience and is helping them groom into well trained and knowledgeable professionals.

Shikha Gupta from 2nd year admitted that, “Though the life at Jaipuria Noida is quite hectic, they are satisfied that all the hard work and efforts put in are worth and would make them industry ready”. The students appreciate the fact that at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida they are given the kind of industry exposure that no other management institute offers. “They are actually converting us into highly professional people”, shared Parul Nigam, a second year PGDM General student.

As per these students, every day at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida is a challenge and a new learning experience. “Each and everyday is innovative, full of opportunities. There is enough scope of learning new things at Jaipuria”, shared Abhishek Parmanik, a 1st year student. Siddharth Vaish, another student from his batch, shared how he started his own campus company after joining the institute. He said that, “at Jaipuria Noida, we are given an opportunity to explore a number of things. All of us are involved in several activities that help us learn and grow”. Abhishek Parmanik and Siddharth Vaish also shared that they are organizing a rally which would promote the use of Oxo-biodegradable plastic bags instead of the usual plastic or paper bags.

Though students at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida spend most of their time studying, however, they do take out some time for recreation as well. Most of these students love spending time at the institute’s Amphitheatre. It is their favorite spot to de-stress. The other preferred spot where they can relax and have fun is the canteen. The students are all praise for the institute’s canteen. “We love the food served here; it is delicious”, shared Ritika Mallick from 2nd year. The students also appreciate the fact that they can make credit purchases at the canteen. Apart from these, the girls shared that they like the garden area and love spending time there while the boys said that they went to play Volley Ball to de-stress themselves. They also go to the IT labs to access Facebook and other social networking sites to connect with their old friends. The institute also screens movies in its auditorium once or twice a month. These again are a good source of entertainment and recreation for the students.

Then, there are several clubs such as the movie club, dance club, dramatics club, etc at Jaipuria Noida that provide the much needed break to the students. Most of the students are enrolled in these clubs and love taking part in the various activities that are organized from time to time.

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida nurtures the student entrepreneur dream club – Illuminati

They are young, they’re spirited, they’re focused and they’re talented. The name Illuminati strangely belongs to no secret club, but to a group of students from the Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida. Established in 2004, the college offers AICTE approved MBA courses. These students came up with a lucrative business idea that is not only promising, but also a successful venture by today’s young management students.

The Illuminati’s motto is to experience the world of business management and create a platform for their fellow students, to promote Jaipuria Noida as the Brand Ambassador among students and make them feel proud about their institute. They started with production of simple collared T-shirts, bearing their college logo on it. The idea was to sell the product to all the students and faculty, as well as the Jaipuria Alumni. The students would then wear the T-shirt outside to promote the product and their institute at the same time. The T-shirts would also be worn during various college festivals and create a mass familiarity with the Jaipuria logo. The T-shirt would also be worn to college by the students on every casual day, to garner more promotion.

But these young entrepreneurs have a well-planned long term goal ahead of them and they plan to start by integrating this plan with the other Jaipuria branches based inLucknow, Jaipur andIndore. The group also plans to start a business collaboration with corporate and conglomerates soon. However they do not want to be restricted to T-shirt making only use their creativity on other products as well. Illuminati’s main idea is to bring back the lost Indian culture into the modern world with the help of rural artisan- creating a symbiotic relationship between the urban and rural economic growth.

Illuminati is today’s young India, they want to start a new business venture, using the strains of rural and traditional India and create a modern, yet deep-rooted journey into the business management world. This young group of like-minded, business-oriented people has come a long way from just being college students. They have paved a path of success for not just themselves, but also for their fellow students and forthcoming batches.

IMT CDL Organizes A Workshop On Diversity And Inclusion

The workshop held on 19th December at India International Center, New Delhi was directed by Dr. Deepak Dogra who happens to be a Professor at IMT CDL. Dr. Deepak Dogra is a highly learned man with several years of experience in various Indian as well as multi national companies. He has an in depth knowledge about Cross cultural Management and Diversity Management and shared his opinion on the same during the workshop conducted by IMT Centre for Distance Learning. Dr. Sherry believes that Dr. Deeepa Dogra’s knowledge and views on the subject are indeed valuable.

Anika K. Warren, who is proficient in the diversity consulting area and has published research papers and articles on diversity and inclusion issues, was also present at the IMT CDL’s workshop. She spoke at length about the gender discrimination. She shared as to how women have to work twice as hard as men to achieve the same position. She spoke about the difficulties that women have to face during their professional career and the need to bring about a change. Dr. Sherry agrees and agrees that not only is this true for women in the West but also for those in the East as well.

Dr. Saini, professor of Human Resource management at MDI, Gurgaon was also invited by IMT Centre for Distance Learning to attend the workshop. He shared some valuable piece of information. He spoke as to how diversity can be turned into corporate asset by giving example of organizations such as Google.

Apart from them, various other highly qualified and learned professionals attended the IMT CDL workshop on Diversity and Inclusion and shared their views on the subject. Most of them were of the opinion that the concept of Workforce Diversity Management would certainly be helpful in augmenting organizational competitiveness. They also shared that in a country like India it is very important to understand the societal context before rolling out a Diversity Management program. There are various diversity issues that India must look at. These include caste, religion, age, gender, education, regional background, language, etc. “ To gain more insight into the current complexities of diversity in India, it is important that such conferences are held often,” says Dr. Sherry.

A lot of knowledge sharing was done during the workshop in an attempt to figure out the degree to which the Diversity Management has been accepted in the Indian market, especially the corporate so as to enhance competitiveness.
IMT Centre for Distance Learning has brought out a very important issue by way of this workshop. With the encouragement and support of Dr. Sherry, the workshop was a success.