CLUBS

IBA students engage themselves with a range of co-curricular activities through various Clubs and Committees that are formed for every specialization. The clubs conduct regular meetings wherein presentations are done by Senior students on their summer projects, various topics under the purview of every specialization are discussed, current affairs are debated upon and a lot more

BARCODES—The Retail Club

The Retail Club of IBA whose purpose is “to bring all the people with a common aim to be a retailer together”, was launched with much fanfare this year by the first batch of PGPRM.

COSMOS CLUB - The G. K. Club

The Cosmos Club has so far conducted the remaining rounds of the monthly quiz Round Robin. Teams have been finalized and the Annual event “Blitzkrieg” will be conducted shortly. Apart from that there is a new event by the name of “Gehirn Herren” has been started. The event is designed to actually put pressure on the brain and make people think logically, practically and straight manner under various situations, the initial stage was also conducted and people have been selected to play the final rounds.

Future Course of Action
Conduct the annual “Blitzkrieg” event before the launch of the club for 08-10 batch.

Conduct the first annual “Gehirn Herren” event.

DOLPHINS -The Communications Club

The Communication Club is a forum for giving participants opportunities to practice both prepared and impromptu talks and receive constructive feedback. The training sessions, the meetings give participants an easy, open way to get in front of people.
It's fun and relaxed.

Mission Statement

1. Bringing out the Leader in You We will give you the opportunity to lead a club meeting. Your role will be to plan the meeting, coordinate with the speakers of the day and other volunteers and give the opening address and the closing statements of the meeting - all the responsibilities of a Team Leader. You don't have to become the president of a club to use these skills.

2. Preparing you for Interviews Our topics for the Impromptu speeches include questions that past IBA alumni have faced, as well as basic interview questions that are not always easy to answer. Whether you take up the challenge or decide to sit back and listen to others, you will learn strategies that you will be able to use in real interviews. Start preparing now for the interviews you will have for you summer internship, as well as the many interviews you will face throughout your professional life.

3. Sharpening your persuasive skills As part of the Impromptu speeches, we will give you a topic of debate that you must argue ‘for’ or ‘against’ within a three minute time limit. To succeed in the business world, you must be able to express your ideas or point of view effectively. The more practice you get, the more confident you will become, and the easier it will be for you to win your audience.

Event Organised

Screened the movie Dunston Checks in on the 8th of Feb 2008.
The purpose of screening the movie was to have a fun and a relaxed start with a message, which was, non- verbal communication is as important as verbal communication be it with a human being or animals.

Future Course of Action

1. Workshop with Mr. Murli Mohan in the month of July on Personality Development Program.
2. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Workshop in the month of August –September.


HUNTERZ IGNITE - The Marketing Club

The objective of Hunterz Ignite is to provide learning with fun by conducting games and events that are based on the fundamental concepts of marketing, brand management, marketing strategies and sales & distribution The club is to any students who is interested in learning extra beyond the horizon of textbooks This year there is a remarkable increase in the number of activities and a dynamic
executive & newsletter committee with innovative ideas to make learning a fun filled experience has led to a growing and committed membership some of the activities conducted are as follows
Concept Based Sessions, Ad-o-Mania, Create your Brand, Marketing Cross Word, Video Lectures, Guest Lectures, Mad Ad Show, Brand Mania, Case Discussion AND Brand Story.

Future Course of Action

• Having a College intra fest in July for Juniors
• Bi monthly newsletter
• Formation of external governing Council

INFINIT - THE IT CLUB

Events Organised

• A basic General Knowledge quiz contest was conducted which included the topics from the various sessions conducted by the club previously.
• An Mad-Ad show was conducted in which the members were divided into groups were formed and each group was given a topic.
• Guest Lecture by Mr. Nagendra Seth

A guest lecture was conducted by the club in which Mr. Nagendra Seth gave an excellent explanation on the topic “Embedding the Paradigm of Innovation in Organizations: Building Sustainable Competitive
Organizations” .

Future Course of Action

Microsoft Excel: Before preparing any financial statement, every manager should know the basics of Excel. We will give them a thorough knowledge of Excel. For this Excel basic information document will be given to them; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Word; Microsoft Power point: How to make professional presentations in Power-Point.; Moviemaker: How to make a professional movie; Web Design; Photo Shop; Flash Player; Blogspot: how to make your Blog, key points, etc; More guest lectures-“Face 2 face”; Gaming Tournaments-War of Legends; Success Stories: Famous Personalities in Indian IT Industry & Launching of Website of IT Club.

NAVIGATORS - The Finance Club

Events Organised

1. Budget Analysis, 2nd Feb 2008
Understanding government budget process:

• Learn the basics about parliament’s role in the budgeting process.
• Learn about the parliamentary structures that are engaged in the budgeting process, and what they do.
• Explain the steps involved in the budget process.
• To show who the key decision-makers in the budget process are.
• To expose participants to some of the terminology used when talking about the budget process.
• To help participants see where and when opportunities exist for lobbying.
• To show that the way government currently reports its planned expenditure in budget books needs to be improved so there is a way of checking achievements.

2. Screening of ‘Gafla’ movie and a briefing on how the Stock Market works 7th Feb 2008 What is a stock? What is a stock market? Why do we need a stock market? Where does the stock come from to begin with, and why do people want to buy and sell it?

3. Portfolio management and Stock market Operations
29th March 2008 by Mr. K Ishwar Bhatt Information about necessary technical back up to process the orders received from subscription customers, SWAPS, amortization, etc. and the exercising of the political ad economic rights of the deposited securities.

4. Career in Insurance
On 3rd March 2008 by Mr. Aditya Bhoopalam
Basic principles of insurance, transferring and spreading risk, In routine operation how a company may be exposed
to the risks of many kinds?

5. Case Analysis on Corporate Budgeting
On 27th June 2008, by IBA Finance Faculties

OM - The Operations Management Club

Events Organised

• Chess competition

Future Course of Action

• Aptitude test; Chess competition; Puzzle games; Six sigma certification course(under planning); Guest lectures & Industrial visits (for both the batches)

SPANDAN - The Human Resources Club

Mission

To provide the best HR class in terms of capabilities, deliver flexibility, visibility, responsiveness and self-actualization.
Events Organised

• Screening of movie “BLOOD DIAMOND” which threw light on the serious issues of diamond mining, conflict, child soldiering in Africa and plight of labourers in African Continent.

• A session on Labour Law A introductory session on Labour Law was taken by Mandeep Singh. The session was very informative and interactive. A bunch of enthusiastic students attended the session and took along with them their share of knowledge

• Release of E-Newsletter Team Spandan, under the guidance of Prof. Arvind Dholakia came out with their first e-newsletter – ‘Manthan’ to address the issues in the field of HR and to serve as a ready beckoner for students to showcase their talent and discuss burning issues, pertaining to HR. Our respected CEO Mr. Manish Jain and our respected Dean Dr. Subhash Sharma inaugurated it.

Future Course of Action

• Guest lectures by People from the industry.
• A one full day HR event with several rounds of HR games and quizzes.
• 5-6 Labor law sessions.
• Debate competitions.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

National HRD Network

• Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
• European Retail Academy
• Retail Authority of India
• IHRD

MANAGEMENT FESTS VICTORIES

EVIGNA -07 BHAVAN-MARSHALL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE

•  Overall Winners
•  First prize in Quiz event
•  First prize in Finance event
•  First prize in Marketing event
•  First prize in HRM event
•  First prize in Creative ads
•  First prize in Ice Breaker event
•  First runner up in Best Manager
•  First prize in Fashion Event

ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, BANGALORE

•  First prize in operations
•  First prize in debate

AMRITA BUSINESS SCHOOL, COIMBTORE

•  First prize in Operations event
•  Second prize in Systems event

UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE

•  Second prize in Business Plan
•  Second in Cultural Competition

MATS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, BANGALORE

•  Second prize in HR event
•  First prize in Business Quiz

GITAM INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS,VISHAKAPATNAM

•  First prize in Best Manager
•  First prize in Presentation

ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, MUMBAI

•  First prize in Finance event

GITAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT , VISHAKAPATNAM

•  Second prize in Marketing event
•  Second prize in Business Quiz
•  Second prize in Brand “Dumb Charades”
•  Second prize in Debate event
•  Second prize in Group Dance

SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF OPERATION MANAGEMENT, NASIK

•  Second prize in Case Study
•  Second prize in RJ hunt

ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, BANGALORE

•  Second prize in finance

CHRIST COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE - HR FEST 2007

•  Best team player

MOUNT CARMEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT FEST, BANGALORE - DIAKRISI - 2007

•  Best Manager
•  First place in finance event
•  Second place in marketing event

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI

•  Second prize in case study analyses
•  Brand aid final (Only team selected other than ITBHU & MDI, Gurgaon on all India level

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONDUCTED BY IBA

Indian Expanding Horizons of Indian Business and Indian Management on 14th & 15th Jan 2008 at IBA-Bangalore

Conference Coordinator, Prof. Pratima Verma


Success of Indian Business and development of world class Indian Companies have some new lessons for the management world both within India as well as for the rest of the world. While ‘Indian Business Acumen’ has been known since ages, it is finding a new recognition in a new context. Further, during recent years the idea of “Indian Management” has been emerging as a result of success of Indian corporate and Indian Organizations in varying fields. A new conceptualization of Indian experiences of developing world class organizations and institutions has been taking place in the practitioners’ world as well as in the academic world. A new world stage for Indian Management has emerged wherein Indian concepts and mantras of management have been finding global acceptance & visibility and echoes in the corporate corridors.

The current conference, ‘Expanding Horizons of Indian Business and Indian Management’ is in continuation of earlier initiatives to share the essence of the Indian experience of creation and development of innovative organizations and world class corporate. In 1998, a conference on the theme, ‘In Pursuit of Indian Management’ was organized at Bangalore, by a group of nearly twenty leading institutions and professional associations. This was followed by a conference in 1999 on the theme, ‘Indian Management for Nation Building’ organized by WISDOM, Banasthali. In 2006, third conference on the theme, ‘New Frontiers in Indian Management: From
Management in India to Globalization of Indian Management’ was organized by WISDOM, Banasthali and Indian Business Academy (IBA) at WISDOM, Banasthali. The current conference is a continuation of these efforts as many new horizons and frontiers have opened in the arena of Indian Business and Indian Management. This is best captured by the phrase, From Dabbawalas to Indian Milk Producers to Indian Retailers to Indian Knowledge Workers to Indian Knowledge Entrepreneurs.

The Fourth Conference was on Indian Expanding Horizons of Indian Business and Indian Management on 14th & 15th Jan 2008.

A two day international conference on expanding horizon of Indian business and Indian management, was organized by Indian Business Academy, (IBA) & WISDOM Banasthali at IBA campus Bangalore. It was graced by twenty two eminent speakers, forty seven paper presenters and nearly fifty other participants from academia and corporate world.

The program started by lighting of lamp by Prof S. K. Chakraborty, Key note speaker and other dignitaries. Thereafter IBA Chairman, Mr B. M. L. Jain and the conference chairpersons, Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, IBA, Dr. Siddharth Shastri, Dean, WISDOM and Dr K. B. Akhilesh, IISc, Bangalore addressed the gathering followed
by Keynote address by Prof S. K. Chakraborty.

In his opening remarks Mr. B.M.L Jain, Chairman, IBA highlighted the need for Indian Management to improve the competitiveness of Indian companies by giving examples of TATA, Wipro and also the changes in Indian infrastructure and economy as a whole . He discussed some of the current management issues ---Turning around of sick companies, Timely structuring of business & futuristic vision, Competition Quality & costing, Impact of strong rupee on National economy. He indicated that India has all the resources to become global leader not only in corporate arena but also in giving a strategic direction to world trade. He highlighted that B schools should stress on developing leaders rather than only managers.

Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean IBA and conference Chairperson redefined the idea of Chindia as Chi of India that is energy of India that we are witnessing in various fields leading to economic growth of 8-9%. He connected the emergence of Indian management to six ‘streams of consciousness’ viz. Indian ethos foundations as reflected through 3 Vs viz. Valmiki, Vyasa and Vivekananda, Freedom movement foundations, Indian Business foundations, Cultural foundations, Subaltern/Social movements foundations and Capillary action foundations. He also advocated the need of shifting the paradigm from Darwin to Dharma, Maslow to Moksha and Marx to Mahatma as a basis for new management thought. He concluded that today in India there are ‘char-dhams’ (four pilgrimage centres) of Indian Management represented by Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV) at IIM Calcutta in East, WISDOM in West and IBA Greater Noida in North and IBA Bangalore in South as these institutions have emerged as centers for research in Indian Management.

Dr.Siddharth Shastri, Dean, WISDOM, advocated the need of focusing on Indian Management rather than on Western management alone. He shared his journey of, “making of WISDOM-Banasthali” and how it is working in line with Indian management. He also discussed how WISDOM students are making mark in the corporate world.

Dr. K.B.Akhilesh, Department of Management Studies, IISc shared how he and other Professors started their journey of enlightening the academia and corporate world about the positives of Indian Management particularly from the view point of self development.

This was followed by book release of the book, “Consciousness, Time and Praxis” authored by Prof. Meera Chakraborty, Professor, Department of Sanskrit, Bangalore University. Book was released by
Prof S. K. Chakraborty, Founder, Management Centre for Human Values, IIM –C.

Prof. S.K Chakraborty, in his keynote address pointed out that it is not enough to empower the managers but it is important to empower the roots through self realization. He suggested the need for re-empowering the workers and the managers and this empowerment can be facilitated through reconnecting with India’s spiritual roots. He
gave examples of inspired foreigners who work for India by connecting to Indian heritage. He advocated that Indian management because of its spiritual roots is much deeper and stronger than any other management. He also discussed the drawbacks of contemporary philosophy of globalization, consumerism and materialism and
discussed how Indian management’s philosophy helps us to think beyond this narrow view of life, and business organizations.

There was a special talk by Dr. H R Nagendra, Director, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Ansandhana Samasthana (SVYAS), Bangalore on yoga, health and management. He enlightened the gathering by informing them the advantages of Yoga and how yoga helps in controlling the senses, increasing will power and becoming more efficient.

Tchnical session I on the theme, ‘Management Lessons from Indigenous Sources’ was chaired by Prof. Usha Thakkar, Hony. Director, Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought & Rural Development, Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai & Vice President, Banasthali Vidhyapith, Banasthali. The eminent speakers included the following:

1. Prof Meera Chakraborty, Bangalore University, Bangalore
2. Dr Mala Kapadia, www.tamethemonkey.com, Mumbai
3. Dr Daniel Albuquerque, Management Consultant, Goa

Prof Meera Chakraborty in her paper, ‘Significance of Dr. Subhash Sharma’s Approach to Management in New Age: Western Windows Eastern Doors’, reviewed the work of Dr. Subhash Sharma and stressed on the concept of “survival and empowerment of the weakest”. She argued that the metaphor of ‘Western Windows Eastern Doors’ provides a new framework of thinking not only for management thought but also for social thought.

Dr. Mala Kapadia in her paper, ‘Greater Psychology & Era of Emotional Intelligence’, gave the importance of emotional intelligence as well as demonstrated some simple exercises to relax. She indicated that health and well-being sciences are now being integrated in management sciences as stress is taking its toll on productivity, creativity and even life quality.

Dr Daniel reviewed the work of Aurobindo and argued that our present education system needs to be reviewed for the betterment of the students.

Prof. Usha Thakkar summed up the session through illustration of three well known women leaders of the country who provided three distinct insights related to indigenous concepts on management and leadership. She quoted the example of Ratan Sastry, co-founder of Banasthali Vidhyapith who always emphasized the importance of new mathematics in social contexts in terms of 1 + 1 = 11 (Ek aur ek gyaraha) as a basis for creating innovative institutions. She quoted Usha Mehta well known freedom fighter and educationist, who advocated, “Go together, Grow together” ( Agye badana sath mein badana). She also quoted Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA, “We are poor and we are so many” as a lesson of collectivism.

Technical session II on the theme, “Foundational Concepts for A New Managerial Vision”, was chaired by Prof. S. P. Saraswat, Bentley College, USA. The eminent speakers included the following:

1. Prof Isha Gamlath, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2. Sister Sunita Chandak, CEO, Spiritual Quotient Consulting Centre, Surat
3 Prof G. P. Rao, Spandan, Noida.

Prof. Isha Gamlath in her paper, ‘The Discovery of Supra-Rationality: A Philosophical Reflection of the Rishi Route of Reality’, reviewed the work of Dr, Subhash Sharma and illustrated two foundational components of Prof. Subhash Sharma’s interpretation of management in terms of the rishi route to reality – 1. States of
consciousness 2. Yoga therapy with reference to a striking parallel surviving within the framework of Late Antique and Renaissance philosophical traditions in the forms of dream divination and astrology.

Ms Sunita Chandak informed about the importance of spiritual quotient and did some interesting exercises to demonstrate how we get carried perceptions.

Prof. G.P. Rao emphasized the need to highlight the importance of interplay between head and heart in management thinking and action and he also shared his experience of introducing human values in day to day managerial working and also in the curriculum of B-schools with which he has been associated.

Prof. Saraswat discussed the metaphor of ‘koopmandook’ (frog in the well) and suggested the need to expand one’s horizons to include every one in one’s circle of consciousness.

Technical Session III on the theme, “Towards A New Managerial Vision” was chaired by Prof. Venkat Krishnan, Great Lake Institute of Management, Chennai. The eminent speakers included,

1. Dileep Ranjekar, Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore
2. B. R. Pai, VWF Industries & Vijay Foundation, Mysore
3. Prof M.B. Sharan. RIMS, Rourkela
4. Raja Subramanian, YAT School of Management, Chennai
5. Prof Shiv K Tripathi, Purvanchal University, Jaunpur

Dillep Ranjekar shared his experience of development initiatives in the field of primary education and thereby lessons of leadership in development context.

Mr. B R Pai presented the idea of Healthy Organization Through Total Wellness Management (TWM) based novel wellness method called ‘Swasthya yoga’ which is practiced by all members of VWF Industries, Mysore. This model is based on simple but effective thought,“Healthy people will create and constitute healthy environment and healthy organization”. TWM aims at wellness of people and organization at individual and collective levels.

Mr. Raja Subramanian presented his views on Vedanta in Management and emphasized the need to expand the scope of Western Management by incorporating Vedantic principles in management practices. He identified several potential areas of research in brining Vedanta in management. He also emphasized the need to impart training in karma –yoga to all employees with a view to transform the work culture and work ethos.

Prof. Shiv Tripathi traced the evolution of Indian Management and presented his views on human values oriented ethico-moral foundations of management. In this respect there are important lessons from Bhagvad Gita for human values oriented management practices.

Prof. Venkat Krishnan suggested that we need to undertake empirical testing of the ideas drawn from ancient sources as the ideas were developed in a different space time context. Hence for establishing their relevance we need their testing in contemporary context.

Second Day of the conference:

Second day of the conference started with talk by Dabbawalla on the theme, “Developing Innovative Grassroots Organizations”. Mr Pawan Agrawal, CEO, Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers or simply Dabbawallas, & his team shared their success story. They emphasized on the need to maintain integrity. They exhorted to the youth in
management field to follow their attitude, approach and ethics. They argued, “do good work, and your work will attain value. ”Technical session IV on the theme “Models for Organizations & Institution Building”. Was chaired by Prof. K. R. Maitreiyi. The eminent speakers included the following:

1. Mr S. Sivakumar, ITC, Hyderabad
2.. Prof Mukund Das. IITM, Trivendrum
3. Prof. John Clammer, United Nations University, Tokyo

Mr. S. Sivakumar, ITC, Hyderabad, spoke on the emergence of ITC e-chaupal and how it is helping farmers with generic price information, quality testing and no pressure of sunk costs. Claiming that e-chaupal was a win-win situation for both farmers and his company, he gave insights and business principles on which they work, and spoke on creating shareholder value through serving society.

Prof. Mukund Das stressed on the need of working at grass-root level. He argued that it is time to apply management principles at lower levels also, other wise we will not be able to achieve real success which India is striving for.

Prof. John Clammer stressed the need to move beyond “Corporate Responsibility” towards a deeper notion of business as development, business that is focusing on development of entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation.

He argued for anew alliance through creativity and holism between development studies and business with a view to create a new future for communities.

Prof Maitreyi emphasized the need for organizations based on collective action paradigm and illustrated emergence of such organizations in two categories viz. in response to threats in the environment and in response to opportunities provided by the environment. She illustrated the idea of collective action through examples of many business organizations as well as NGOs.

After lunch forty seven papers were presented in parallel sessions on the following themes:
Theme I: Indian Management
Theme II: Business Ethics
Theme III: Rural Management & Development
Theme IV: HR
Theme V: Contemporary Interest,
Theme VI: Yoga, Meditation & Spirituality
Theme VI: Micro-Finance

Valedictory address was given by Dr. N.C.B.Nath, Chairman, FAIR. He provided new perspectives with respect to developments in sciences and suggested the need to incorporate the implications of such developments in management thinking in addition to drawing from the deeper roots of Indian philosophy. He indicated that this is
a new challenge for management thinkers as management teaching in the past has been an integrated exercise drawing from disciplines of economics, psychology and related social sciences. However it has to move further and incorporate new developments in sciences and should also draw upon the Eastern philosophical traditions that are becoming increasingly relevant for the future development of management discipline. Prof Pratima Verma, conference coordinator gave the vote of thanks for the successful conference.

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS BY IBA FACULT Y

• Learning Through Case Method, Workshop on Case Study- Writing and Analysis, Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University and CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore, April 13,2007.

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Research Approaches in Management Research, Faculty Development Program on Research Methodology, Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University, Bangalore, April 16,2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Strategic Gearing of Cooperatives for A New Competitive Advantage, Workshop on Restructuring of Karnataka State Cooperative Federation, Indian Business Academy,May 7-8, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Ethical Foundations of New Corporate Model: Implications for Strategy and Leadership, Tenth Conference of Strategic Management Forum, IIT Mumbai, May 10-12, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Candle Light Experiment, Women’s Institute for Studies in Development Oriented Management (WISDOM), Banasthali, July 11, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Horizons in Business Management: New Age Management Models, UGC Academic Staff College,University of Mysore, Mysore, Aug. 10, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Teaching Methodologies in Management Research, Management Faculty Development Centre, Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan, Bangalore, Aug. 27-28, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Age of Management: Towards New Mantras, Millennium Series Lecture, Indira School of Business,Pune, Sept 14, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Mantras in Corporate Corridors, M P Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore Sept. 21, 2007.

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Human Values Foundations of the New Corporate Model, SPANDAN- IMI Workshop on Human Values in Management, Oct 4, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Towards New CEO (Creative, Enlightened, Organic) Leaders: Quantum Theory of Leadership, 3rd Global Leadership Conference: Leadership in 21st Century- Challenges and Opportunities, organized by SMT Centre for Advanced learning, Kolkatta, Tata Hall, IIM Calcutta, Oct 5-6, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Holistic Globalization & Rotating the Pyramid, Plenary session paper, International Conference on Operations Management and Quantitative Methods, Assumption University, Bangkok, Oct 17-19, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Energy Systems Model of Leadership: Emotional Intelligence & Effective Leadership, Workshop on Building Transformational Leader at Work, Faculty of Management Studies, Goa University, SV’ s Sridora Caculo College of Commerce & Management Studies, Indian Business Academy, Oct 26-27, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Strategy for Building Transformational Leadership: From Business Maharajas to Corporate Rishi, Workshop on Building Transformational Leader at Work, Faculty of Management Studies, Goa University, SV’s Sridora Caculo College of Commerce & Management Studies, Indian Business Academy, Oct 26-27, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Horizons of Globalization and Cosmopolitanism: An Indian Perspective, Workshop on Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Beyond, Oct. 29, 2007, IBA, Greater Noida.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Leadership Development: PDIL Model, Leadership Development Program, Nov. 3, 2007, PDIL, Noida.

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Knowledge Management: Knowledge Generation Windows and Knowledge Creation, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology (SSIT), Tumkur, Nov. 14, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Pyramid Effect, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Nov. 23, 2007, Noida.

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Knowledge Generation Windows and Knowledge Creation, Workshop on Case Method, Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida, Nov. 24, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Joy of Living: Experiential Exercise, Workshop on Work Life Balance, Organized by SAMVEDANA in association with BHEL and SAIL, Nov. 28-29, 2007, New Delhi.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Rotating the Pyramid: Towards A New Vision of Holistic Globalization and Holistic Development, Second national Conference on Interdependence, Integration and Co-creation (IIC), Jaipuria Institute of Management,Lucknow, Dec. 1-2, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Horizons in Cosmopolitanism: Indian Perspectives, Workshop on Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and Beyond, Dec. 14, 2007, IBA Bangalore.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Science, Vigyan & Gyan: Three Pillars of Knowledge Creation, 17th International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research & Application, Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, SVYASA University,Bangalore, Dec. 20-23, 2007.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Work-life Balance through Joy of Living, International Seminar, Towards an Indian Style of Management,Sambodh Foundation and Bodhananda Research Foundation in Management & Leadership, Trivendrum, Jan 4 -5, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Emergence of Indian Management: Towards A New Revolution, International Conference on Expanding Horizons of Indian Business and Indian Management, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore, Jan 15-16,2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Changing Landscape of Management Education in India, National Conference on Changing Landscape of management Education in India: e Leaning Initiative, Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida, Jan. 19,2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• New Approaches to Management Research, Seminar on Management Perspectives, Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida, Jan. 22, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• From Pyramid to Amoeba: Managing Organization in Changing Times by Rotating the Pyramid, First National Conference on Managing in Changing Times, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Feb.15-16, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Emergence of Indian Management: Towards A New Revolution, International Conference on Expanding Horizons of Indian Business and Indian Management, Greater Noida, Feb 19-20, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• A New Business Development Vision, The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Surat, Feb 22, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Indianization of Management Concepts and its Viswanization, Mahaveer Jain College of Management, Surat,Feb 22, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Practicing Spirituality at Workplace, Management Seminar on Spirituality @Workplace, Akhil World Gayatri Parivar, Shantikunj, Haridwar, organized at Surat, Feb23, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Opportunities for GDP (Growth, Development & Progress), Moving Ahead with Vision & Passion, WITS & IBA conference, Bangalore, Feb 28, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Workplace Spirituality, Management Development Program at Wuerth India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, March 4,2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Individual Excellence & Organizational Excellence, Management Development Program at IBA, Greater Noida, March 5, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Indian Management: From Evolution to Revolution, Keynote address at the National Seminar, Evolution of Indian Management Thoughts: Issues, Challenges and Future Agenda, Organized by Institute of Business Management, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and Indian Business Academy, Bangalore and Greater Noida in association with Purvanchal Management Association, March 19-20, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Osmotic Meditation for Stress Management and Mind Expansion, Special Address at the National Seminar,Evolution of Indian Management Thoughts: Issues, Challenges and Future Agenda, Organized by Institute of Business Management, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and Indian Business Academy, Bangalore and Greater Noida in association with Purvanchal Management Association, March 19-20, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• “Self Management----Realigning of DNA”, 7th National Conference of Innovations in Management Practices, FMS, Haridwar (U.P), 10th-11th September 2007.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Employee Relation: The Mantra to Success”, 8th International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Assumption University, Bangkok, 17th-20th October 2007.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “BSNL—A Case of Job Satisfaction”, 5th AIMS International Conference on Management, 26th-29th December 2007, IBS, Hyderabad.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Manage your---Human Asset”, 4th International Conference on Entrepreneurship in new economy, Rajiv Academy for Technology & Management, Mathura (U.P), 14th-15th February 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Empowerment mantras in Indian Ethos”, International Conference on Expanding Horizons of Indian Business & Indian Management, IBA-Greater Noida, 18th-19th February 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Inspirational Motivation”, UGC Sponsered National Seminar on Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Punducherry,12th-13th April, 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Hidden Motivators—A Case Study of ITS Officers”, International Conference on Statistics and its Applications in Management, Kozhikode, May 1st-3rd, 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy

• Indian Management: From Evolution to Revolution, Keynote address at the National Seminar, Evolution of Indian Management Thoughts: Issues, Challenges and Future Agenda, Organized by Institute of Business Management, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and Indian Business Academy, Bangalore and Greater Noida in association with Purvanchal Management Association, March 19-20, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• Osmotic Meditation for Stress Management and Mind Expansion, Special Address at the National Seminar,Evolution of Indian Management Thoughts: Issues, Challenges and Future Agenda, Organized by Institute of Business Management, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and Indian Business Academy, Bangalore andGreater Noida in association with Purvanchal Management Association, March 19-20, 2008.
  

Author: Dr Subhash Sharma, Dean, Indian Business Academy

• “Self Management----Realigning of DNA”, 7th National Conference of Innovations in Management Practices, FMS, Haridwar (U.P), 10th-11th September 2007.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Employee Relation: The Mantra to Success”, 8th International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Assumption University, Bangkok, 17th-20th October 2007.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• "BSNL—A Case of Job Satisfaction”, 5th AIMS International Conference on Management, 26th-29th December 2007, IBS, Hyderabad.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Manage your---Human Asset”, 4th International Conference on Entrepreneurship in new economy, Rajiv Academy for Technology & Management, Mathura (U.P), 14th-15th February 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Empowerment mantras in Indian Ethos”, International Conference on Expanding Horizons of Indian Business & Indian Management, IBA-Greater Noida, 18th-19th February 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• “Inspirational Motivation”, UGC Sponsered National Seminar on Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Punducherry,12th-13th April, 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• "Hidden Motivators—A Case Study of ITS Officers”, International Conference on Statistics and its Applications in Management, Kozhikode, May 1st-3rd, 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy

• “Vidurniti—Treasure of Management Mantras”, International Conference on Service Management - New Perspectives, Kohinoor Business School, Khandala, 8th March, 2008.
  

Author: Pratima Verma, Indian Business Academy.

• Email through Universal Networking Languages presented at Kohinoor Business School, Khandala on Feb 2nd 2007.
  

Authors: Prof K. Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore & Dr. A. Clement King, Loyola College, Chennai.

• Developing dynamic issues for KPO, presented at Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Management Studies, Mumbaion Feb 2nd 2007.
  

Authors: Prof. K Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore & Dr. A. Clement King, Loyola College, Chennai.

• Network Security Patterns – Analysis, presented at St. Xavier’s College, Chennai on Feb 20th 2007.

Author: K. Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore.

• e – Business Intelligence in e – Business transition, presented at Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar on September 15th & 16th 2007.
  

Authors: K. Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore & Omprakash Mandge, MET – Mumbai.

• Service Oriented Architecture presented at School of Management Studies, Varanasi.

Authors: Prof. K. Subramanian, Indian Business Academy & Omprakash Mandge. MET, Mumbai.

• Information System and ERP Implementation for Production Planning at SVK (P) Ltd. presented at AIMS International Conference, Bangkok on Oct 17th – 20 th 2007.
  

Authors: Prof. K Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore & Dr. A. Clement King, Loyola College Chennai.

• Services and Service Oriented Architecture presented at Kohinoor Business School, Khandala on Mar 8th 2008.
  

Author: Prof. K. Subramanian, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore & Omprakash Mandge. MET, Mumbai.

• Presented a paper on “Health Care services in India” in the international Research Seminar on “Services Management: New Perspectives” held at Kohinoor Business School, Khandala on 8th March 2008.
  

Author: Prof. Arvind Dholakia, Assistant Dean, IBA, Bangalore.

• ‘Innovations in Public Service Delivery: Rise of E-Government’, Annual Conference of Product Development Management Association, IIM Bangalore, December 2007.

Authors: Prof. Anantha Murthy , Prof. Prashant Kulkarni.

• ‘Political Economy of Financial Markets’, National Conference of Indian Political Economy Association,Amritsar, November, 2007.
  

Authors: Prof. Anantha Murthy, Prof. Prashant Kulkarni

• 'Does Terrorism Have an Impact on Financial Markets’, Global Conference on Business and Economics, Hawaii, January 2008 (Internet presentation).
  

Authors: Prof. Anantha Murthy, Prof. Prashant Kulkarni

• 'Does FDI Benefit Host Countries’, International Conference for Applied Economics, Athens Greece, May 2008.
  

Authors: Prof. Anantha Murthy, Prof. Prashant Kulkarni

• 'Labour Markets and Working Conditions : A Study of Old Economy Firms in India’, 5th AIMS International Conference, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, December 2007.
  

Authors: Prof. Anantha Murthy, Prof. Prashant kulkarni, Mr. Mandeep Singh, Ms. Tushma Singh, Ms. Ankisha Rastogi.

• ‘Do Sweatshops Exist in the New Economy: A Case Study of Indian IT Industry’, 5th AIMS International Conference, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, December 2007.
  

Authors: Anantha Murthy, Prof. Prashant kulkarni, Mr. Mandeep Singh, Ms. Tushma Singh, Ms. Ankisha Rastogi.

• Presented a paper, in T John Management Institute, Bangalore, on budget implications with reference to financial services industry.
  

Author: Prof. Ramesh

• “Information Security Aspects in Business Process Outsourcing services” presented in the Eighth International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management in Bangkok on October 17-20, 2007 (Coauthored).
  

Author: Prof. Staju Jacob

BLOOD DONATION CAMPORGANISED BY IBA

On 60th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi i.e. 30th January 2008, IBA organized a blood donation camp in association with Rotary TTK Blood bank. The response was highly appreciating as faculty members and students participated in this blood donation camp in huge number and college administration extended its full support. We received 101 registration and we collected 78 units of blood. Refreshment was provided by IBA. Following students managed the whole event : Paras Garg, Abhishek Anand, Ashutosh Sonkar, Akhila Mohan, Sambit Dash, Tullika Panda, Deepak Bedara, Jitendra Kumar. Ms Lakshmi Ravichandran Honorary Trustee – BMST, Rotary TTK Blood Bank appreciated their efforts.

CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED BY IBA

3rd Global Leadership Conference, Tata Hall ,IIM Calcutta [Joka Campus],
Sept 4,2007 (In association with IBA)

The 3rd Global Leadership Conference on the theme “Leadership in 21st Century”, witnessed eminent Professors and CEOs across the country meet at the mecca of management education (IIM Calcutta), to deliberate on the following key areas:
1) Global Leadership –Visions of tomorrow,
2) New Paradigms of Leadership in knowledge era,
3) Global Competitive Environment-Challenges of Public enterprises
4) Global Leadership –India, Asia, Europe or US to take the lead in 21st century
5) Towards New CEO –Creative ,Enlightened ,Organic Leaders,
6) Emergence of India in Global Economy-Developing the Global Leaders

Among prominent speakers, special address was delivered by none other than the most charismatic industrialist Mr. B.M.L. Jain, CMD-Kj Group, Chairman-Indian Business Academy. Also, the star attraction of the deliberation process was the address by Dr.Subhash Sharma, Dean-Indian Business Academy, Bangalore who spoke at length about ‘Global Leadership-Visions of Tomorrow” and threw in his views on “Towards New CEO-Creative, Enlightened, Organic Leaders”.

Conference on Building Transformational Leaders at Work, Hotel Fidalgo, Panaji-
Goa, 26th-27th October, 2007

Goa University in Association with SVs Sridora Caculo College of Commerce & management Studies and Indian Business Academy held a workshop on “Building Transformational Leaders at Work” from 26-27 October, 2007 at Hotel Fidalgo, Panaji, GOA. It was aimed at building a competence of identifying and developing transformational leadership skills at work, under the watchful eyes of eminent faculty members; who included - Dr Subhash Sharma, Dr Jai BP Sinha and Dr R Nirmala. The core objective of the workshop was to:
1.Understand and appreciate transformational leadership (Charismatic Leadership).
2.Analyse oneself on different parameters of transformational leadership, to re-orient individual thoughts towards self.
3. Understand leadership dynamics and other interrelated issues impacting leaders at work.
4. Chart a plan to build transformational leaders across different cadres, at work place

First Bi-Annual Seminar for Working Women, “IMPETUS-2008….Moving Ahead with Vision & Passion” Hotel Harsha, Bangalore, 28th February 2008

IMPETUS 2008 was organized by the Women’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (WIME), The Indian Business Academy (IBA), UNIDOC and the Women’s Institute of Information, Technology and Services (WITS) with the intention of addressing these challenges and the opportunities that are available for the Indian woman. The seminar was organized with the intension of empowering the Indian Woman with knowledge and skills required to face the challenges of changes in an emerging super power –INDIA. It focused on three key areas Opportunity, Focus ands Empowerment. It helped the participants to focus on innovation that will empower individuals and organizations to move ahead with Vision and Passion. The seminar comprised of a panel of eminent speaker from International scene in Europe, national icons, women and men whose vision is to help nurture women on their path to success.

Report on FDP on “How to Get Published in Internationally Referred BusinessJournals”

Dr. Omprakash Gupta –Prairie view, A& M University conducted a workshop on, “How to get Published in Internationally Referred Business Journals” on 11th August 2007. He gave few tips to the faculty on how to get their research papers published in journals. The few important points he stressed on are as follows:
1. Target the journals and classify them as A, B and C
2. Involve students and junior faculty
3. Develop market specific research and research agenda
4. Cite articles published in the journal
5. Don’t take criticism personally-reviewers can be wrong.
6. Rule of thumb—“Every paper has a home”
7. Best advice—“close the deal”
8. Classify the research – Conceptual vs. Methodological
9. Path-breaking vs. Extension Research
10. Review –Survey Orientation
11. Teaching-Pedagogical Domains
12. Refer Cabell’s Dictionary.
At last he asked the faculties to work on some ideas which can be developed into a research paper.

Report on FDP on Transformative Learning

Indian business Academy hosted a one day workshop on “Globalization ,Cosmopolitanism and Beyond:

Dignity, Dialogues and Planetary Conversations” on 14th December 2007.Three main speakers of that day were Dr. Ananta Giri -Madras Institute of Development Studies, Dr. Subhash Sharma –Dean, IBA –Bangalore &Greater Noida, Dr. Ravindra Nath Sivastava, Parichay Das- Head of the Linguistic Department of the University of Delhi. Dr Ananta Giri enlightened the faculties on Cosmopolitanism. He explained the concept by sharing his personal experiences. He also discussed the issue of cosmopolitan responsibility, noting three major challenges: global justice; cross –services dignity; and dialogue among civilizations, cultures, religions and traditions. Dr. Subhash Sharma emphasized the same in Indian context. He guided faculties to relate our knowledge from local level to cosmic level. Then the faculties did candle-light experiment under the guidance of Dr. Subhash Sharma. Afterwards all discussed their ideas they got during the experiment. After lunch Dr. Rabindra Nath also gave us a source of referring his poems which was www.bhojpuri.com. At the end audience also came up with many shayaris and ghazals depicting the reality of life.


Interactive session with Philip Mercer

Dr. Peter Philip Mercer’s – Ramapo College, New Jersey, USA. visited IBA campus on 8th Jan 2008. The session was also attended by Prof. Siddhartha and Mr. Aravind from Fireflies, Bangalore. In the one an half hour session Dr. Mercer presented a slide show on the importance of public education in context of both India and abroad. He suggested many ideas which can lead to successful implementation of public policies, as it is important for holistic development of any nation. According to him illiteracy among youth is a hurdle to the success of any nation. He discussed how the policies were failing in India and abroad. He also shared his experience as a board member of directors of Victoria Hospital and of the London Health Sciences Center and as a member of the board of directors of the Western Ontario Conservatory of music. He also shared his plethora of experiences with our students. Other dignitaries who attended the talk were as follows : Prof. Trent Schroyer, Professor of Sociology-Philosophy ,Ramapo College, New Jersey, The USA, Prof. Susan Hangen Professor of Anthropology, Ramapo College, New Jersey, The USA , Prof. Ruma Sen Professor of Media Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey, The USA, Prof. John Clammer Professor of Sociology, Tokyo’s Sophia University, Japan , Prof. Siddhartha Chief Executive, Fireflies Inter-Cultural Centre, Bangalore. Writer, Sociologist and founder of the NGO, Pipal Tree Interactive Session with Dr. Vinayshil Gautam Dr. Vinayshil Gautam conducted a half-day workshop on, “Emerging Trends in Management Education” for the faculty of IBA, Bangalore on 12th March, 2008. Dr. Gautam was the first Head of the Management Department of the Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi and the first Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Programme at IIT (D). Dr. Gautam was the first Chair Professor of Comparative Management at IIT (D). He discussed the problems of present education system and how even the top universities in India are lacking behind the top colleges of world. He stressed that faculty should be involved in research work so that there is growth in knowledge. He gave few models which are helpful in overall development of academic world which includes the growth of institution as well as growth of faculty. He even criticized the present management institutions as they are more of placement agencies. He emphasized that management institutions should move from model of placement agencies to knowledge creator.

Interactive Session with Prof. John Clammer

Prof John Clammer—United Nation University, Tokyo conducted a workshop on, “Holistic Development” on 15th March 2008. He urged for model that has major implications for development education and its interfaces with business education as it suggests that development issues be placed squarely on the business agenda, that business itself orients itself towards an emerging future of resource scarcity and that we need to move beyond notions of simple "corporate responsibility" to a much more comprehensive vision of business as one of the major stakeholders, along with government and civil society, in our common future.

The result has been to draw attention to a much more holistic or integral model of development that includes elements left out of development discourse in the past. These elements include, in addition to the economic and technological, the ethical, the aesthetic, the spiritual, the cultural, political, ecological and the psychological and emotional dimensions. The lecture suggested a model whereby these elements might be integrated into a holistic model that is also sensitive to the dynamism of social change processes and of the multiple feedback loops between the various elements of the model. It was suggested that this new approach has major implications for our methodology for attempting to understand social transformation in which we accept our relative ignorance about the effects of our interventions, that we understand social theory as being closer to chaos theory than to older functionalist or structuralist models, and in which social knowledge is seen as libratory as in Amartya Sen's notion of "development as freedom", as participatory and exploratory.

FROM EDITOR'S DESK

To be associated with a landmark event, you not only need to be imbued with ample support from all those make it happen but also rub of the green. It is with overwhelming pride and deep sense of gratitude that I present before you – UDGHOSH – our new biannual newsletter. With utmost humility let me accept that coming up to the expectations was not easy. It was only the unrelenting support of everyone associated with this newsletter that ensured that the effort was insistent and we achieved what we set out to achieve.

Patronage of Dr. Subhash Sharma, our Dean – who envisioned the idea of an in house newsletter, has contrived, against many challenges, this first issue. It is arduous to mention all the minds behind this but it will be outright shamelessness if I refrain from mentioning the names of persons who have exhibited extraordinary and zeal and enthusiasm in realizing this. Prominent among them are – Mr. B.M.L. Jain, our beloved chairman and ever supporting CEO- Mr. Manish Jain. I also want to convey my thanks to the newsletter committee, who extended their unconditional support to my dream.

UDGHOSH will attempt to mirror our campus and the life that runs in it. We have just created a legacy that will pass on from batch to batch and from mentor to mentor in IBA. This newsletter will, hopefully, provide podium for our students to speak out, canvas to paint their thoughts, tools to create, medium to share and imprint some shades of their lives onto it.

While some serious hard work and thinking has gone into this, I am sure that there is considerable scope for improvement and we all need to contribute our bit to make this newsletter world class – a befitting compliment to our institute.

I look forward to feedback and hope that this newsletter, in more ways than one, touches all of us and years later when we flip through these pages, we relive the wonderful times that we were
privileged to have.

Thanks.
Prof. Pratima Verma