Newsletter November 2014

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Monthly News Bulletin
November 2014
MATTERS
Monthly News Bulletin November 2014
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| KCT Business School
November 2014
Content
Performance Metrics
Institution – Industry Connects
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Executive Development Program
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Workshop
16
Innovative Teaching – Learning Methods
20
Faculty Zone
24
Research & Publishing
26
Student World
29
Forum / Club Activities
31
Special Days
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Placement and Training
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Guest Lectures
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Industrial Visits
02
Certification / Workshop
13
External Expertise
03
Student Achievement
04
Placement Training Program
11
Publications
02
Placement Offers
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November 2014
INSTITUTION – INDUSTRY CONNECTS
Guest Lectures
Role of Fiscal Policy in Economic Development by Mr. Premanand Jothy,
Joint Commissioner - Income Tax, Mumbai on November 3, 2014
Mr.Premanand
Jothy,
Joint
Commissioner - Income Tax, from
Mumbai delivered a Guest Speech on
"Role of Fiscal Policy in Economic
Development”
on
November
3,
2014. The session was interactive
where the speaker shared the real time
experiences and also clarified the basic
doubts on Planning for Economic
Development with reference to Indian
Context. The event was organized for
students of Batch 2014-16 by the
Economics Faculty Team of KCT
Business School.
Institutional and Trade credit
by Mr.Arun Aravind, Mr.Sarath Nair, Cluster
Head, Tamil Nadu and Mr.Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Senior Credit Manager, HDFC Bank
Ltd, Coimbatore on November 3, 2014
A Guest Lecture on Institutional and Trade
credit was organized on November 3, 2014 for
II MBA finance elective students. Mr.Arun
Aravind, Mr.Sarath Nair, Cluster Head, Tamil
Nadu and Mr.Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Senior
Credit Manager, HDFC Bank Ltd, Coimbatore
were the resource persons. The discussion
addressed the practical aspects of Institutional
and Trade Credit, and the students were given
an insight to the opportunities available for
Trade credit in banking institutions. Professor
Swaminathan and Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant
Professor, CoF were the faculty coordinators of
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this guest lecture.
e-Supply Chain Management
by Mr. K. Kumar, Program Manager /
Consultant-SAP on November 5, 2014
Mr. K. Kumar, Program Manager /
Consultant-SAP delivered a Lecture on the
topic ‘e-Supply Chain Management’ on
November 5, 2014 to 90 students (II year
operations and system specialization
students and PG Diploma in Oil & Gas
Industry).The speaker made an elaborate
presentation on the role of e-SRM and eCRM in supply chain and its benefits to the
suppliers and customers. The advantages
for suppliers and customer when connected
with Internet in the supply chain were
discussed.
He
emphasized
that
organizations should not earn profit instead
it should maximize profit. Dr.S.Jaisankar Associate Professor CoO, coordinated the program.
Production Planning and Control Strategies
by Mr. Rajesh Arumugam,
Senior Manager- Assembly & Testing, ZF Wind Power Coimbatore Limited, Coimbatore
on November 5, 2014
A guest lecture was conducted for the
operations specialization students of
2013-2015 batch by Mr. Rajesh
Arumugam,
Senior
ManagerAssembly & Testing, ZF Wind Power
Coimbatore Limited, Coimbatore on
‘Production Planning and Control
Strategies’ on November 05, 2014.
The session began with an
introduction to ZF Wind Power and
their operations. He said that
planning forms the nerve centre of
any organization and explained the
importance of demand forecasting for
proper production planning. He then
highlighted the concepts of PokaYoke, Lean Manufacturing, Takt time, Objectives and Elements of PPC – Routing, Scheduling,
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Dispatching and Control. Insight about the VSM concepts being followed at ZF and about the
Automated Storage and Retrieval system of material handling were given to the students. Practical
examples with case studies on reducing the non-value added activities, cycle time reduction and
improving the inventory turnover ratio provided an in-depth learning of concepts to the students. The
program was coordinated by Dr.V.Kannan, Associate Professor CoO.
Strategies for Not- for –profit organizations by Bindu.N.Nair, Managing
Trustee- AROH foundations, Coimbatore on November 6, 2014
It is always interesting to speak about
the NGO’s, their history and legal
status said Ms. Bindu. AROH
Foundation is a leading National level
NGO,
strengthening
government
programs and CSR activities of several
corporate and PSEs by providing total
integrated solutions. AROH foundation
helps children suffering from lifethreatening diseases like cancer, HIV,
renal and heart diseases by providing
treatment, counseling and Palliative
care. During her session, Ms.Bindu
said that Volunteering and funding are
the two biggest challenges faced by
any NGO, she requested the students to involve themselves in social workers to help serve our society.
She shared her thoughts on the functionalities of NGO’s and also enlightened the students on the legal
compliances required to start an NGO. The program was coordinated by Deepa Manickam, Assistant
Professor CoH
Breakeven Point and Marginal Costing applications in
manufacturing organizations by Mr. K. Ravi, Chief Financial Officer, Roots
Group of Companies, Coimbatore on November 7, 2014
A Guest Lecture on Breakeven Point and Marginal Costing applications in
manufacturing organizations was organized for the batch 2014-2016
students on November 7, 2014. Mr. K. Ravi, Chief Financial Officer, Roots
Group of Companies, Coimbatore was the resource person. Mr.Ravi.K
explained the concept, importance and relevance of Breakeven Point and
Marginal Costing applications in business. The student coordinators for the
guest lecture were Ms. Pavithra Vanshi, Mr.Gokul Kumar, Batch 2014-16,
Ms.Bhuvanachandriga, Mr.Madhan Kumar, and Ms. K.R.Suganya. The faculty
coordinators for the guest lecture were a team from CoF, Mr. A.Senthil
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Kumar, Assistant Professor (SRG), Professor. Dr.V.R.Nedunchezhian and Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant
Professor.
Managing Technology and Innovation
by Mr. Koushik Rajendran,Co-
Founder,Healtho5 India on November 7, 2014
Mr. Koushik Rajendran an
alumnus of KCT addressed
Students of batch 2013-15 on
managing technology and
innovation on November 7,
2014. He expressed the
importance of change in
strategy to match the changing
technology and innovation. The
guest lecture was arranged as a
part of Strategic Management.
S.Sangeetha
Assistant
Professor
(SRG),
CoF
coordinated the guest lecture.
Services Marketing Strategies in Hotel Industry
by Ranjana Singal,
Partner, The Terra Co (That’s Y Food and On the Go Coimbatore) on November 10, 2014.
Ranjana Singal. Partner, The Terra Co
(That’s Y Food and On the Go
)Coimbatore
delivered
a
highly
informative lecture on the topic Services
Marketing Strategies on Hotel Industry,
with her real life experiences and
learning’s to marketing specialization
students of Batch 2013-15 on November
10,2014. Students were exposed to the
significance of Ricky (Market Research)
and understanding customer needs
before venturing out into a new business
and also highlighted on Innovations in
Services which was vital to enhance
Time Effectiveness while taking orders.
Her new Restaurant “Café Totaram” stood witness to the fact that reducing wastages was essential.
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Talking about her failures helped her envision “On the Go” and measures taken to rectify them, she
also added that her take away from her MBA had helped her building strategies in the long run and
conducting an effective market research. This program was coordinated by Nalini P, Assistant
Professor, CoM
Strategies for Family Managed Business by Mr.Peter Arokiam Managing
Director,Manickam Radiators Pvt.Ltd on November 12,2014
Mr. Peter Arokiam addressed the
second year students of KCT
Business School on November 12,
2014 on Strategies for Family
Managed Business. He spoke about
the opportunities and the challenges
in the family managed business.
According to him Family businesses
are the lifeline of India’s economy.
Almost 90% of Indian businesses
are family-owned, which makes the
rest of the business community
largely dependent on them. Mr.
Peter reiterated that the greatest
challenge in Family managed business is the gap between family generations. Inward-looking,
owner centric, smaller scale, with a restricted perspective, and conservative mindset are the
biggest challenge in the family managed business. His speech was highly informative.
Students raised lots of questions and the session was interactive. The program was
coordinated by Ms.Deepa Manickam, Assistant Professor, CoH
Application of Business Intelligence in Industry,
by Mr. Shanmuga
Rajan, Head – BFSI Division, Testree Solutions, Bangalore, on November 12, 2014
Business Intelligence is all about
making dry figures accessible and
useful to the right audience within
an enterprise for business analysis
purpose. System elective students
of batch 2013- 2015, had a great
opportunity to get educated on
“Application
of
Business
Intelligence in Business Industry”
on November 12, 2014. The session
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was handled by Mr. Shanmuga Rajan, Head – BFSI Division, Testree Solutions, Bangalore. His session
included the various facets of Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Role of Data
Mart and applications of business intelligence across different verticals in an organization. The lecture
spectrum also covered the regulations of BFSI Industry. Wide coverage was also given to financial
regulatory actions across the globe. The highlight of the program included the application of Business
Intelligence tools and techniques for the transformation of raw data into meaningful and useful
information for business analysis purposes and critical incident discussions. The program was
organized by A. Priya Dharshini, Assistant Professor, CoS
Service Innovation & strategies of Federal Bank by Shri. Mohan K, AGM
& Regional Head, Federal Bank Ltd, Coimbatore on November 13, 2014
Shri. Mohan K, AGM & Regional
Head, Federal Bank Ltd, Coimbatore
gave a holistic view of Federal Bank,
its evolution, growth and the
challenges on November 13, 2014 to
students of II MBA batch 2013-15.
He talked of specific strategies that
Federal Bank had followed to keep
above the competition one of which
was
using
technology.
Mr.
Saravanan, Asst. Manager, The
Federal Bank spoke on the various
tech-savy products of Federal Bank
like the FED Book, E-Maintenance,
Scan n Pay, Payment gateway, apna
gold 24*7 which were way ahead of
their times and were a hit with their target customers.
Microsoft Dynamics ERP in Industry, by Mr. Maharaja, Solution Architect &
Mr.Muthukumar Head Delivery, Microsoft Dynamics, Techknowledge Consulting Group
Chennai on November 13, 2014.
A Guest Lecture on Microsoft Dynamics ERP in
Industry for students of batch 201315wasconducted
on
November
13,
2014.Students understood that the software
package helps to Connect the entire supply
chain, Make current financial data and reports
accessible for business planning and regulatory
compliance, Automate routine functions so that
employees can focus on more critical tasks,
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Minimize the cost and complexity of administering salaries, benefits, recruiting, and performance
management and Provide greater visibility into key performance factors, such as profitability and
potential issues. Job opportunities in this industry were also discussed.The program was organized by
A. Priya Dharshini, Assistant Professor CoS
Consumer Behaviour in the Indian context
by Ms.N.A.Sujatha, Manager
Marketing-Brookfields, Coimbatore on November 17, 2014
Ms.N.A.Sujatha, Manager
MarketingBrookfields, Coimbatore was here at KCT
Business School to address the Marketing
Students of Batch 2013-15 on the topic
Consumer behaviour in the Indian context on
November 17, 2014. The resource person
started with an introduction giving the facts
and figures of Indian Demography and the
spending potential of the people in great
urban and rural. She deliberated on various
concepts that include the moving segments
and changing needs of the people with effect
to their Income, mindset, awareness,
aspiration, Maslow’s need theory relevance to shopping behaviour, shift in purchase pattern, impulse
shopping. The programme was organized by Consumer Behaviour Faculty Team Dr. Poongodi B and
Latha A, Assistant Professors CoM
Customs Documentation and Procedures
by Mr.Kalyanamoorthy,
Operations manager, SDV international logistics limited on November 18, 2014
The center for Marketing, organized a Guest
Lecture for Logistics and Distribution Management
on November 18, 2014 on Customs documentation
and
procedures.
The
speaker
was
Mr.Kalyanamoorthy, Operations manager, SDV
international logistics limited. All the core
marketing students from second year MBA
attended the program and gained knowledge about
the import and export procedures, classification of
goods for customs and procedures to export and
import goods and its implication on trade. This
guest Lecture was coordinated by Lakshmi Meera
BL Assistant Professor CoM
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Time Management skills by Mr.Ravi, Life Skills Coach and Trainer on November
19, 2014
A guest lecture on Time
Management
skills
was
organized for the students of the
2014 batch on November 19,
2014. The session was facilitated
by Mr.Ravi, Life Skills Coach and
Trainer. The guest lecture was
organized as a part of the
Managing Organizations course.
Mr. Ravi discussed with the
students about the importance
of time. His activity focused on
reinforcing the idea that to
manage
time
effectively,
students need to passionately
pursue goals. He also discussed
about the Important Urgency Matrix of Stephen Covey and how students need to prioritize their
activities to manage time and to benefit from the MBA program, this program was organized by
Mr.Aruneesh and Mr.Nithin, student coordinators and Kirupa Priyadarshini Associate Professor CoH
Corporate Financial Budgeting and Control practices
by Ms. B.
Dhanalakshmi, Senior Manager – Finance, Lakshmi Machine Works Limited,
Coimbatore on November 21, 2014
A Guest Lecture on Corporate Financial Budgeting
and Control practices was organized for the batch
2014-2016 students on November 21, 2014. Ms. B.
Dhanalakshmi, Senior Manager – Finance, Lakshmi
Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore was the
resource person. Ms. B. Dhanalakshmi explained
the concept, importance and relevance of Budgets;
the lecture also highlighted the budgeting done by
corporates, its objectives, types and process of
preparing a budget. The student coordinators for
the guest lecture were Ms. Pavithra Vanshi,
Mr.Gokul
Kumar,
Ms.
Bhuvanachandriga,
Ms.Kavya, Mr.Madhan Kumar, and Ms. K.R.Suganya
of batch 2014-15. The faculty coordinators for the
guest lecture were A.Senthil Kumar, Assistant
Professor (SRG), Professor Dr.V.R.Nedunchezhian and Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant Professor CoF.
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Entrepreneurial Insights by Dr.Radhika Meenakshi Shankar, Founder,Wise
Owl Consultancy, Hyderabad on November 21, 2014
A
guest
lecture
on
entrepreneurial insights was
conducted for the IMBA students
batch
2014-16.
Dr.Radhika
Meenakshi Shankar, Founder,
Wise
Owl
Consultancy,
Hyderabad provided inspiring
insights on entrepreneurial spirit
for the students on November 21,
2014. Dr.Radhika
Meenakshi
Shankar is a trainer, consultant
and mentor for MSME's. The
program provided inputs on
value
proposition
that
entrepreneurial mindset creates
for both entrepreneurs and
intrapreneurs. The students enjoyed the program with great interaction. They learnt to use value
propositions to measure the impact of all their activities with an entrepreneurial spirit. The Program
was coordinated by B.L.Lakshmi Meera, Assistant Professor, CoM.
Sustainable CSR – From Ideas to Action by Mr.Leo Arun, Corporate Trainer
and lead-CSR. Pricol Corporate Services Ltd on November 25, 2014
Mr. Leo Arun addressed the IMBA
students batch 2014-16 of KCT
Business as a part of their
corporate ethics and social
responsibility subject. He spoke
about CSR provision in Companies
Act 2013 and the activities that
can be undertaken by a company
to fulfill its CSR obligations. He
spoke about “We Care” a CSR
initiative of PRICOL. The program
was coordinated by Ms.Deepa
Manickam, Assistant Professor,
CoH
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INDUSTRIAL VISIT
Sundaram Auto Components Limited - Chennai on November 15, 2014
Forty eight students of MBA visited
Sundaram Auto Components Limited Chennai on November 15, 2014 to
understand the manufacturing practices
being followed in their organization. The
visit started with an orientation on the
company history and its various
departments. The students were taken
through the stages involved in the
manufacturing of plastic auto components
through
moulding
process.
Plastic
moulding is the process of shaping plastic
using a rigid frame or mould. The technique
allows for the creation of objects of all shapes and sizes with huge design flexibility for both simple
and highly complex designs. Students observed the four major process like Preparing the Mould,
Injection of Polymer, Melt into the Mould and Unloading of the moulding. They enquired about their
clients and quality control procedures followed in SACL and were actively involved with Production
and HR manager. This Industrial visit was organized and coordinated by R.Vinayagasundaram
Associate Professor CoO and Lakshmi Meera B L, CoM
DELL - Chennai on November 15, 2014
Forty eight students of MBA visited DELL Chennai on November 15, 2014 to understand
the assembly process being followed in their
organization. The students were then taken
through the stages involved in the assembly
process of building laptop, desktop and server.
The students were taken inside the factory in
two batches by the supervisors. They explained
about the assembly process of the laptop and
desktop. The students observed how the various
parts are assembled in a computer. The
processes of assembling the computers are fully
automated and they manufacture according to
the order placed through on-line. Various quality control charts were used and students asked about
quality control procedures followed in DELL. Students interacted with the supervisor. This Industrial
visit was organized and coordinated by R.Vinayagasundaram Associate Professor CoO and Lakshmi
Meera B L, CoM
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EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from November
15&16 and 22&23, 2014
An Executive Development Program on
Project Management Professional, PMP
Certification was organized by the Centre
for Operations at KCT Business School for
working professionals in service and
manufacturing firms. The program objective
was to impart knowledge and skills
essential for a project manager in successful
completion of projects. In addition, on
completion of the program the participants
can attempt for a global certification which
can add a lot of value in their career.
The program was structured with four modules (Module 1 &2 – Class room sessions, Module 3 –
Discussion session and Module 4 – Mock Exam) starting from November 15 to January 10, 2014. The
program covers the Project Management terminologies, global standard for project management,
fundamental practices needed to achieve organizational results and excellence in the practice of
project management.
Mr.Girish, made an elaborate presentation with
live examples on the topics covering all the
functional areas required for a Project Manager to
know in managing projects effectively. Topics on
Project Risk management and Project Integration
Management were also discussed. Participants
were very interactive and involved in all the
sessions. Feedback received from the participants
was very good. 18 participants from various
organizations (largely IT) participated in the
program. Dr.S.Jaisankar, Associate Professor
organizes and coordinated the program.
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OUTREACH
Training Program for Airport Authorities of India Ltd
Project Delight your passenger is the outreach initiative of the HR Centre to identify the training
needs, and to impart training for the stakeholders in airport for improving the customer experience.
There were three programs that were organized in the month of November.
Ms. Lakshmi Subramani served as a resource person for a session on how the Security staff, trolley
staff and the cab drivers can serve as a link to enhance customer’s satisfaction. Her talk started with a
focus on how they should have a pride in working for the airport, their experience in handling
different customers, and how they can ensure they arrive and leave the airport with pleasant
experiences.
Dr.Kirupa Priyadarsini, delivered a session for the airline counter staff on Emotional Intelligence at
work. The training needs for the commercial staff included self awareness, improving self esteem and
enhancing workplace relationship. Her session focused on how customers experience is
predominantly measured as emotions. The participants at the end of the session were able to relate
how customer’s value can be enhanced by being emotionally intelligent.
Ms.Deepa Manickam delivered a
talk to the Central Industrial
Security Force personnel on
Motivation. The session was
delivered in Hindi. The CISF
personnel’s
training
needs
involved stress management, self
motivation,
enhancing
relationships and working in
teams. There were 67 staffs who
benefited from the program. The
program was very lively with
relevant workplace situations
discussed and deliberated. A few
mudras were also taught during
the session to the participants
for general well being
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CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Certification Program on Laws Relating to Industrial Relations on
November 1, 2014
Certification program for II year,
HR specialization students was
conducted on Laws Relating to
Industrial Relations, the resource
person
was
Mr.G.Balasubramaniam, Company
Secretary Roots Multi Clean Ltd.,
Coimbatore, also designated as
Finance Controller – International
Operations of Roots Group of
Companies. The Objective of this
program was to help students
learn industrial democracy, and
the conflicting interest of the
individuals, group and the
community. The program covered
Acts like Factories Act, 1948, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Employees Provident Fund and
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Contract Labours Act, 1970, Industrial Disputes Act,1947, Equal
remuneration Act, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Apprentice Act 1961. The first session of the
certification program was conducted on September 6, 2014 and the final session was conducted on
November 1, 2014.The Certification Program was coordinated by Ms. Deepa Manickam, Assistant
Professor, Centre of HR
Certification Program on Tally ERP 9.0 Certification from November 1
to December 07, 2014
On November 01, 2014 Center for Finance initiated the Tally ERP 9.0 Certification Program for 40
hours from November 01 – December 07, 2014. The knowledge partner for the Certification Program
is M/s. Indra Institute of Education, Coimbatore. Ninety students of batch 2014-16 registered for the
certification program. The program will cover the basic tally modules of Book Keeping and Accounting
Concepts, Accounting, Inventory, Financial and Voucher management in Tally 9.0 ERP software.
Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant Professor & Dr.V.R.Nedunchezhian, Professor are the faculty
coordinators for this Certificate program.
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Diploma in Banking and Finance
The Students of Batch 2013-15, Divya. R, Krish Lokesh Yadhav.K, Dheepan. V.S and Vijayaraghavan.M
have cleared the Diploma in Banking and Finance exam offered Indian Institute of Banking and
Finance, Mumbai. This course was coordinated by Sangeetha S, Assistant Professor (SRG) CoF
WORKSHOP
Technical Analysis for equity market investments
on November 11,
2014
A one-day workshop on
Technical Analysis for
equity
market
investments
was
organized on November
11,
2014.
The
participants were 51
finance elective students
of batch 2013-2015. Mr.
Mr.K.Annamalai,
Director,
Annamalai
Capital
Services
(P)
Limited,
Coimbatore
facilitated the workshop.
Mr.K.Annamalai gave a
presentation on the basic
concepts of Technical
Analysis, Dow Theory,
constructing
technical
charts with historical data, interpreting the trends in the chart, identifying the buy, hold, sell signals
from the charts and inferring the stock market momentum. Students were later assigned to prepare
stock charts for the companies. The participants actively interacted with the workshop facilitator. The
student coordinators for the workshop were Mr.Jairam, S.K, Ms.Hemathevy, Ms.Hemalatha,
Mr.Ramachandran, Mr.Naveen Kumar, and Mr.Saravanan. G of batch 2013-15. The faculty coordinator
for the workshop was Mr.A.Senthil Kumar, Assistant Professor (SRG).
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FOREX Trading on November 12, 2014
A
workshop
on
FOREX
Trading was
organized
on November 12, 2014 for 63
participants from II MBA finance
elective. Mr.Ram Kumar, Equity
Analyst, Akshaya Investment,
Madurai
was
the resource
person. The session began with
an Introduction about currency
market,
foreign exchange derivatives.
Later participants had hands on
experience of reading currency
quotes for futures and options
and different strategies used in
options trading were also
discussed. Professor Swaminathan and Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant Professor were the faculty
coordinators for the event.
“How to crack Banking Exam”? on November 13, 2014.
The Centre for Finance organized
a Workshop on “How to crack
Banking Exam”? on November 13,
2014. Mr. Dixon A.K, Professional
Trainer, from I sharp Academy
Coimbatore, was the resource
person. He briefed the students on
the syllabus of the bank exams as
well taught the shortcuts in
quant’s. 47 students attended the
programme. The program was
coordinated by Ms.Sangeetha. S
Assistant Professor (SRG) CoF
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November 2014
Evaluation of Training Effectiveness on November 15, 2014.
A workshop on "Evaluation
of Training Effectiveness"
was organized for the II MBA
HR elective students as a
part of the course on training
and
development
on
November 15, 2014. Mr.
Maria Jude Antony, Deputy
Manager
Learning
and
Development,
Elgi
Equipments
was
the
resource person for the
session. The students were
given an activity to generate
a report in MS- Excel with
the details of the employees,
with training attended. The students were unable to generate the report as it required the use of
specific tools in Excel. The skill gap was thus identified. The techniques were taught to the students
and the skill gap, addressed. The effectiveness of this mock training attended was evaluated; the
facilitator also discussed the different practices adopted in their organization pertaining to the Kirk
Patrick's model. Students greatly benefited from the program. This workshop was coordinated by
Dr.Kirupa Priyadarsini, Associate Professor CoH
Cyber Law and Intellectual Property rights on November 20, 2014
A workshop on Cyber Law and
Intellectual Property rights was
organized as a partial fulfillment of
Legal aspects of Business course
for the I MBA students of KCT BS
on November 20, 2014. The major
objective of the programme was to
familiarize the students with the
current developments in Cyber
Law, Information management and
Patenting and Copyrighting. Mr
S.N. Ravichandran, an activist of
Coimbatore Cyber Crime cell
hoisted the workshop. The
workshop
covered
various
perspectives
of
sharing
information through social media
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for the benefit of student community. Various delinquent and sensitive issues of white collar crimes
and scams was also taken up with reference to corporate affairs. Apart from cyber law and security,
the workshop gave an impetus on Intellectual Property Rights (Patents and Copyrights) with special
reference to John Doe orders and Evergreening (Novartis). The workshop was highly interactive and
was ably substantiated through legal enactments and case reviews. The session ended with an
interactive Q&A sessions which included key aspects of Digital signatures, Encryption and Decryption
of data, Digital signature etc. This workshop was coordinated by V Kaarthiekheyan, Associate
Professor CoM
Indian Ethos in Management on November 24, 2014
A half a day workshop was
organized for I MBA (2014
Batch) students by HR Centre
on
Indian
Ethos
In
Management on November
24,
2014.The
resource
person was Mr. Jayakumar
Bharadvaj, coordinator of
fine arts centre, KCT. The
session was initiated in order
to give knowledge on
heritage, from which we can
learn various management
concepts. The session was
mainly about the Indian
ethos in management. The
speaker, spoke about various
aspects that influenced the
people of various civilizations who have build monuments, sculptures etc. He taught about the various
factors that helped the I MBA students to know how they can manage their resources effectively for
building monuments. Temples comes under man made heritages and natural resources such as river,
wind, bird comes under natural heritages. He gave a clear picture through real facts (manuscripts,
inscriptions, sculptures etc) about the usage of temples in olden days. The students were able to
correlate various functions of management with the help of this session. This workshop was
coordinated by Dr. Hemanalini, Assistant Professor CoH.
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November 2014
Reading and Analyzing Annual Reports on November 25 & 26, 2014
A one-day workshop on
reading and analyzing Annual
Reports was organized in two
batches for the 2014-2016
MBA students on November
25 & 26, 2014 respectively.
Mr.Rashaad Hussain, Center
Manager,
Mr.
S
Shiva,
Academic Coordinator, ICA
Infotech Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore
facilitated the workshop.
Session I of the workshop
provided the basics of Annual
Reports by Understanding the
Contents,
Regulations
&
Standards. Sessions II, III & IV
were conducted with handson activities on analyzing the company performance & Management Strategies presented in the
annual reports. The participants were provided with participation certificates. The faculty
coordinators for the guest lecture were A.Senthil Kumar, Assistant Professor (SRG), Professor
Dr.V.R.Nedunchezhian and Ms.P.Mohanamani, Assistant Professor CoF.
INNOVATIVE TEACHING - LEARNING METHODS
CFO Interview Presentation in November, 2014
The finance students of Batch 2013-15, visited different Corporate’ like Roots, Uthaman & Co, Shakti
Finance, SETC and few more and had an interview with the Chief Finance officer. A questionnaire was
prepared for the interview. The interview was videotaped or presented in the form of PPT depicting
their knowledge that they gained through this experience. On November 10, 2014 the teams made
their presentation, about the profile of the company, the profile of the CFO and strategies adopted by
the Company with Finance perspective. This also helped them to know about roles and responsibilities
performed by the finance officer. Professor.Swaminathan and. A.Senthil Kumar Assistant Professor
(SRG)were the panel members. They assessed students based on different criteria like content
delivery, team co-ordination, presentation, learning and the video. The event was organised by
Profesor. V.R.Nedunchezhian & Ms.S.Sangeetha Assistant Professor (SRG)
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Pricing Strategy on November 1 & 3, 2014
Pricing Strategy is an
important
concept
which plays a crucial role
in efficient distribution of
resources in a market
system. The concept was
explained to the students
of Batch of 2014, with the
help of a classroom
activity.
A
sale
of
stationery and a few
household
items
of
various brands were
procured
and
sold
through a small retail set up by a few students inside the lecture hall. The rest of the students were
given specific directions by the course instructor to buy certain items. A few were asked to be brand
specific, a few were asked to be price conscious and a few were asked to book train and flight tickets.
After the purchase, the students were asked to discuss on the various elements of a market, number of
players (sellers and buyers) in the market and the pricing strategy adopted by the flight operators,
Indian Railways and FMCG companies. Subsequently, the students were briefed on the various pricing
strategies used by companies quoting experiences from the activity. Various strategies right from cost
based pricing to skimming price to bundle pricing and penetration pricing were explained to
them. The activities were conducted on November 1 & 3, 2014 for G6 and G4 respectively. Presented
by course coordinator Poongodi B Assistant Professor CoM
Debate session on November 6, 2014
A debate session on Is Money a motivator was held on November 6, 2014 in G2 classroom. The class
was split into two groups. One team discussed how money is a motivator for most of the workforce
and how employees shift for a marginal increase in salaries. Students brought real life examples of
how money is not a motivator for different employee groups who focus of learning, achievement, and
challenges in the workplace. Job satisfaction, they said is the primary factor that enables an employee
to perform. Mr.Shiva, Mr.Deepan, Mr.Richard, Mr.Ramesh were some of the ardent debators of the G2
batch along with course coordinator Dr. Kirupa Priyadarshini Associate Professor CoH
Understanding Perceptions November 10, 2014
Understanding Perceptions and how they are formed is an important part of knowing human
behaviour at work. In this regard, a video documentary of the book "The Secret" by Rhonda Bryne was
telecast to the students of G2 as a part of the Managing Organizations course on the November 10,
2014, after college hours. This enabled the students to understand the law of attraction and how the
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perceptions can impact and influence once lives. Mr.Aruneesh coordinated the event along with course
coordinator Kirupa Priyadarshini Associate Professor CoH
Market Visit Presentation on November 15, 12014
On November 15, 2014, Batch
2014-16 made their presentation
on the markets they visited. The
teams presented about the
markets, its structures, pricing,
Logistics, storage, Demand and
supply conditions etc. Part of the
session focused on rural visit
presentations. The teams made
the presentations on the impact of
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment
Guarantee
Act
(MGNREGA) on the livelihood of
village people and its adverse
effects over Agriculture. The
session was coordinated by the
Economics Faculty members. S.Sangeetha Assistant Professor (SRG), B.Poongodi,. A.Latha and Senthil
Prakash Assistant Professors
Service Marketing in November, 2014
Two innovative pedagogy were used in service marketing course. CCAE (Comprehensive Concept
Assessment Exercise).which looked into concepts of services marketing and its application in realtime; Facebook marketing -here students took a real service organization product and marketed the
services using facebook by creating and promoting a facebook page, the organizations included SMS
hotels, Hotel Haribhavan, Pizza republic, Breakthrough, Connect my trip, Yolo restaurant, The bright
dawn bakery, Grasp clothing etc., The course was coordinated by Dr.Mary Cherian, Professor and
Dr.P.Nalini, Assistant Professor, CoM
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Tree Planting on November 15, 2014
100 Saplings of different varieties like Pongamia Pinnata, Gmelina arborea,Hardwika Binagta,Tectona
Grandis,Casuarina
Equisetifolia,Calophyllum
inophyllum,Simarouba,Delonix
Regia,Melia
dubia,Morinda Citrifolia,Tocoma,Swetenia Mahagony were planted in Chinnavedampatti village as
part of the CESR activity of COH. 39 students actively participated and felt happy by their small
contribution to the Environment. This program was coordinated by Deepa Manickam, Assistant
Professor CoH
Power of Working in Teams on November 24, 2014
As MBA students it is important for students to understand the power of working in teams. Most
organizations today give importance to Self Managed teams at work. In order to get the students to
understand group dynamics an activity was conducted in the class. The activity created a sales
scenario, and every team was in charge of sales. Opening a sales deal, making a sale and closing the
sale was incorporated with various rules and constraints in the market environment. The activity
clearly identified the different group formation strategies of forming, storming, norming, performing
and adjourning. The activity was conducted on November 24, 2014 in G2 class between 5.00 and 7.00
by course coordinator Kirupa Priyadarshini Associate Professor CoH
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FACULTY ZONE
Reviews tend to come
once a year. The KCT
Business School had the
Annual
Review
on
November
15,
2014.
Fundamentally, the annual
appraisal is designed to
serve as a tool that helps
increase
productivity,
communicate
expectations,
establish
goals for the coming year,
and report the success in
meeting the past year's
performance expectations.
The completion of the
Annual Performance Appraisal is a small part of the appraisal process. In its most productive form,
performance appraisal is actually a continuous, year-round practice of exchanging information
between the supervisor and employee that begins and ends with the formal annual performance
appraisal. The departments’ Performance for the academic year 2013-14 was presented by Director
Dr.Vijila Kennedy, in the presence of the entire faculty members,
Faculty Enhancement
Ph.D Conferment
Our hearty congratulations to
Nalini P Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Marketing for the
award of PhD degree for her
thesis on the title: Consumer
Awareness On Environmental
Issues And Its Impact On
Purchase Behaviour Of Green
Products
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Workshop organized at KCT.BS
Efficiently Using and
leveraging IT is one of
the strategic imperatives
of KCT.BS's vision 2020.
In this pursuit, we are
working to associate
with TCS and
had
several rounds of initial
discussions. A team from
TCSiON was at KCT
Business School on
November 18 and 20,
2014 for a demo on the
solution.
Faculty
members
were
introduced in detail to
the
Learning
Management
Solution
and CMS which had HR
solution & Academic back end support solutions.
Centre for Systems at KCT.BS has undertaken this implementation process at KCT.BS under the
guidance of Mr. Sivakumar, Head – Department of Technology Services at KCT. Steering committee
includes Dr. Vijila Kennedy & Prof. Swaminathan.
FDPs Attended
Sarasvathi.T.A, Assistant Professor, Centre for Systems, attended Faculty Development Program on
“Redefine Data Analytics with Big Data” from 29-31 October 2014 at PSG College of Technology. The
3day program covered topics such as: Overview of data science, visualization, understanding of R
analytics tool, Understanding of machine learning techniques, Overview of Big Data, Hands on training
on how to use R studio and Hadoop installation.
Lakshmi Meera BL, Assistant Professor CoM attended a Refresher course in Advance Negotiation Skills
by ISB, Hyderabad at Bangalore on November 5, 2014.It was a refresher program in continuum with
the Certificate program in women entrepreneurship completed in 2012 from ISB Hyderabad. It's a
program only for ISB Goldmansacs 10000 Women Entrepreneurs. Forty women entrepreneurs from
various parts of India participated in the workshop. This program was facilitated by, Dr.Dishan, ISB
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Knowledge Sharing with Outside world
Lakshmi Meera BL, Assistant Professor CoM, was a Resource Person for a FDP on
Entrepreneurship organized by PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore on
November 11, 2014. 20 participants from various colleges in Coimbatore, Udumalpet, Tirupur,
Pollachi and Erode attended the session
Dr.R.Hemanalini, Assistant Professor(SRG) CoH, participated as a panel member in the Alumni
Talk at GRGSMS on the topic "Challenges for higher Education in India" to commemorate the
National Education Day on November 11, 2014.
Dr. Kirupa Priyadasini, Associate Professor CoH conducted a half a day workshop on
"Data Analysis using SPSS" in the 21 days Refresher Program at Bharathiar School of
Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University on the November 25,
2014.There were 25 participants, faculty members from colleges and universities across
Tamilnadu as well as research scholars of BSMED who benefited from the program.
Knowledge Sharing with KCT
Mary Cherian, Professor & Head CoM, was the resource person for a Guest Lecture on Case Study
Analysis and Interpretation- Valdac, Brazil for I &II M.Tech Apparel Technology Students of KCT on
October 31, 2014
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
Research Forum Meet
The research forum meeting for the
month of November was conducted
on November 15, 2014. Dr.Anitha,
Associate Professor, GRG school of
Management Studies was the
subject expert for the session on B:
OK (Bytes of Knowledge). Dr.Anitha
addressed on "Review of Literature:
Styles of Writing”, which is an area
that gives the scholars the clarity
and focus in research. She also
noted that this is one area that most
researchers neglect. Her discussions pertained to the different ways of articulating and quoting review
of literature in dissertations as well as in publications. The session was highly informative, novel and
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intensive in knowledge. A take home exercise was also given to scholars. The presentations on the
doctoral work by Sangeetha S, Senthil Prakash P, Kirupa Priyadarsini.M followed the expert talk. The
research forum is coordinated by Dr.Kirupa Priyadarsini, Associate Professor.
Publications by faculty
B.Poongodi (2014) published an article on "A perceptual study on the constraints in adoption
of e-commerce practices among the farmers of composite Coimbatore” titled "New
Perspectives in Indian Management" with ISBN: 978-93-5142-664-6 printed and published by
Himalaya Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. in 2014. The publication is a resultant of the national
conference proceedings by M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
Dr. Vijila Kennedy & Juliet Gladies(2014), published a paper titled “ Performance Management
System & Faculty Engagement :An Empirical Study in Higher Education Institutions in the 15 th
International Conference on Advances & Challenges in Global Business, Management,
Economics, Tourism & Information Technology organized by Research Development
Association & Research Development Research Foundation at Pondicherry, November
21&22,2014
Knowledge & Information Sharing Session
Priya Dharshini. A facilitated a session on Work Life
Balance on November 7, 2014 for our faculty team.
The highlights of the session were -Life can be a
process of growing or ageing, where growing is adding
life to years and ageing is adding years to life. And also
Experience Whatever is…just experience this moment.
Just experience the experience! The session also
included how to balance work life both professionally
and personally on the following components Vision,
Power, Speed, Skill and Strategy.
Professor Swaminathan facilitated a Knowledge & Information sharing session on Internet
Revolution … What Next. He reiterated on the change that Technology has brought about in
our lives. Talking about the revolution in Information Technology and the use of Additive
Manufacturing, insight was given on next generation manufacturing from Turbine blades, cars
and maybe even body parts through printing on November 15, 2014
Ms.S.Sangeetha, conducted the Session on "Newspaper - Best Friend for Management
Teachers" as part of Knowledge Information Sharing Session on November 29, 2014.
She spoke about the ways and means to use the learning’s’ of newspaper readings in
classroom teaching. She cited few examples of how news had been used in her Session
and spelt the benefit of using it.
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FACULTY CLUB INITIATIVE
Colleague Appreciation Program (CAP) from November 24 – 28, 2014
"Appreciation can make a day even
change a life. Your willingness to put
it into words is all that is necessary"Margret Cousins
The faculty and admin team at KCT
BS, had the openness, the time and the
words as well, for experiencing the
joy of appreciation, which was a
weeklong celebration from November
24- 28, 2014 The event, styled
"Colleague Appreciation program"
brought the goodness and helped in demonstrating, trust, recognition, achievement and belongingness
the core values of KCT Business School. The five days were celebrated as Post IT day where members
appreciated their colleagues for their qualities, their contributions, for the support, and
encouragement. The appreciations were sent through mails, messages, watsapp texts, and also as post
its on their desks through sticky notes bringing a smile in every ones face. The second day was a Cafe
Day, which brought together members from different streams to join for a coffee making them buddies
forever. A selfie contest was also held. The third day was celebrated with zeal and suspense, as it was a
treasure your pal day. Members hid their gifts with a note of appreciation for their pals and gave them
a run for finding their treasure. The fourth day brought in surprises at every desk as the cabins were
adored with handmade gifts and appreciations from their friends. The last day closed with a potluck
lunch with faculty members enjoying
and
bonding,
sharing
their
experiences and surprises throughout
the week. The event was an initiative
from the HR Centre, coordinated by
Dr.Kirupa Priyadarshini Associate
Professor
CoH
supported
by
Mr.Samsudeen,
Associate
Event
Planner
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STUDENT WORLD
Student Achievements
S.Sridevi of batch 2013-2015 received first class –Exemplary with gold medal
on her convocation for ranking first in B.Com PA, in SNR Sons College.
On November 29, 2014, Ms.K.Preethi and Ms.K.Sivaranjani of G1, Batch 2014-16
have won the first place in the National Level Management Game held at Tamil
Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore
Ms.Hema(G5) and Ms.Sharmila(G6) won third prize in finance game conducted in
Agri Business Management competition at TNAU, Coimbatore
Sl.No
Student name
1
G.Gowtham
Vikram.N
L.Diwakar
T.Sasikumar
Yogeswaran.M
V.S.Dheepan
Jagadeesh.H
Dinesh Kishore
S.Praveen Kumar
Jagadeesh.H
V.S.Dheepan
2
3
4
5
G.Gowtham
6
V.S.Dheepan
H.Jagadeesh
1ST
Details of award received
place in BEST MANAGER event at RVS
College of Management
3rd place in TREASURE HUNT at RVS
College of Management
2nd place in BEST MANAGEMENT TEAM at
RVS College of Management
3rd place in BUSINESS PLAN at RVS College
of Management
nd
2 place in BEST MANAGER event in
Mangalam College Of Technology,
Kottayam, Kerala
rd
3 place in BUSINESS QUIZ Mangalam
College Of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala
Paper Presentation
Abinesh, Sandhiya.S, Sharmila.P, Shanmitha, Mohanapriya.M,Dheebika.G, Varnapriya.M, Yugesh.D of
batch 2014-16 attended a One day National Level HR Conclave on Managing Talents in VUCA World at
School of Management, Krishna college of Engineering and Technology on November 8, 2014
Dheebika.G and Sharmila.P, batch 2014-16 presented a paper titled “Empowerment is where
evolution Began” National Level Conference on Strategic Integration and Entrepreneurial
Innovation organized by Department of Management Studies, Karpagam College of Engineering on
November 15, 2014
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Praveen Rajan.S and Jeyachandran R, batch 2014-16
presented a paper titled “Work life Balance of an
Entrepreneur” National Level Conference on Strategic
Integration and Entrepreneurial Innovation organized by
Department of Management Studies, Karpagam College of
Engineering on November 15, 2014
Navin Aravinth R and Shanmitha R, batch 2014-16 presented
a paper titled “Ethics and values of Indian Entrepreneur”
National Level Conference on Strategic Integration and
Entrepreneurial Innovation organized by Department of
Management Studies, Karpagam College of Engineering on November 15, 2014
Knowledge Sharing
Sarankumar R Chief Operation Officer of
KCT Business School shared information
on the effective use of LinkedIn to source
jobs and internship opportunity on
November 12, 2014
On November 14, 2014, Ms.Divya.R of
Batch 2013-15, made a presentation in
inflation to G1 students of Batch 2014-16.
This was based on the paper presented
and published by her last semester.
Coordinator of the event was Ms.Sangeetha. S
Model examination for Batch 2013
The Model examination for Semester III was conducted for II MBA students of batch 2013- 2015
from November 21, 2014 to December 02, 2014. A total of 180 students appeared for the Model
examination. Seating arrangements and conduct of test was organized by the faculty exam coordinator
Mrs. Mohanamani.P, Assistant Professor assisted by office staffs Mr. Paulraj and Mr. Krishnamoorthy.
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CENTRE FOR CORPORATE RELATIONS
Career Guidance Counselling on November 5 & 6, 2014
A Career Guidance Counselling
Session for Students of Batch 201315 and 2014-16 was conducted
separately on November 5 & 6, 2014.
Students were assembled in small
groups and they were briefed about
the emerging sectors. II MBA
students were briefed on how to
utilize the company specific training
programs and ensure they earn a
placement in their dream company. I
MBA students were briefed on the
importance of maintaining high
grades and also the importance of internship which would the pave way for their final placements.
This was organized by the CoCR.
FORUM ACTIVITIES
OPERATIONS- TECHOPS
The Operations forum activities for students of Batch 2014-16 was conducted on November 3, 6 & 11,
2014. This session enables the students to learn the basics of Operations Management. There were
two activities, one on Assembly Line and another on Business Case Analysis
Assembly Line Activity
The students were split into
teams comprising of 7 per team.
Students had to forecast the
demand and accordingly they
have to manufacture the cups.
They had to fix a price for the
cups
that
they
were
to
manufacture. Raw materials must
be selected carefully according to
the requirements and inspected,
then assemble them and check for
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the required quality within the specified time. Assembling the cup activity helped the students to
understand the principles of product design, the process and the complexities involved in assembling
a product. It also helped them to plan and execute the assigned task within the given time limit.
Business Case Analysis
The next activity was on the supply chain
case analysis of Kellogg’s and jumble
word puzzle on technical terms in
operations management. Students were
given live case studies on Kellog’s Supply
Chain Management. The case dealt with
all the basic concepts of supply chain and
the various strategies that were followed
by the company. After which, a
crossword was given. It had to be solved
using the basic concepts that were
highlighted in the case. The Forum
activity was coordinated by Mr. R. Vinayagasundaram, Associate Professor, KCTBS and Student coordinator: Mr. S. Sabarison, Operations forum Executive.
MARKETING – Le Commerciante
Reflections on Angadi 14 on November 7, 2014
The Marketing forum celebrated the
success of JSW Angadi with Reflections on
Angadi 2014 on November 7, 2014. the
program was preside by Dr. Vijila Kennedy,
Professor Swaminathan and Dr.Mary
Cherian Ms.Jeyalakshmi II MBA, Marketing
forum Executive welcomed the gathering
and shared her note of gratitude to the
organizers, coordinators, participants,
faculty members and the management for
the grand success of JSW Angadi 2014
which was conducted on October 17 & 18,
2014.
Debriefing of the learning outcomes, challenges and suggestions for improvement was presented by
Mr.Rajasekaran, II MBA, on behalf of the organizing team and by the stall owners. Dr.Vijila Kennedy,
Dr.Mary Cherian and Prof. Swaminathan felicitated the student organizers, faculty members and the
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stall owners for the great event. Pleasantries and Awards were distributed to the contributors and
winners of JSW Angadi 2014. The Posh Carnival and Rs.10 stalls won the overall trophy. Sri Swastik
designers won the visual merchandisers trophy and Tasty corner bagged the highest sales trophy.
Debriefing of the Angadi event helped students to assess their performance and correlate their class
room learning's with real time experiences. This program was coordinated by Lakshmi Meera B L,
Assistant Professor CoM
SYSTEM- TECHIEZ
Team Techiez, the Systems Management team
organized the forum activities for batch 2013
students on November 17, 18 & 20, 2014.
Regarding the activity, students were given a
situation/scenario/case
for
which
they
suggested six online free apps that would help
increase the productivity. Scenario was given on
spot. Time was given for each team to read
through the case and decide on the tools. Then,
each team was given time to do the presentation,
which gave the essence of the case and the six
tools suggested to enhance productivity.
To complete the activity, students were asked to go through the free apps that are available in internet
one week in prior. Outcome of the activity was that, students understood to search for solutions that
are already available, instead of designing/creating a new solution. Student coordinators were Nirmal
(Batch 2013) and Abinaya (Batch 2014). Faculty coordinator was A. Priya Dharshini, Assistant
Professor – Systems
FINANCE - BEANSTALK
On November 22, 2014, Centre for
finance organized the Finance forum
for Batch 2014-16. The forum
conducted IPL Auctioning. The activity
took place, as in real time auctioning.
The teams were given virtual money of
Rs. 40 crores to invest on players. The
Programme aimed at exposing
students on Resource planning &
management, strategy to be adopted in
auctioning, Competitor analysis, Value
creation etc. The Forum coordinator
was Sangeetha S Assistant Professor
(SRG) CoF
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HR – C-SUITE
The Centre for HR conducted an
activity for the IMBA Students
on November 24 & 25, 2014.The
activity was based on the values
of KCT.BS namely Trust, Learning, and
Competence. The main objective of this
activity was to inculcate the sense of
belonging among the students, help and
encourage each other to perform well,
be honest in whatever you do. The
session was highly influential and the
students
were benefited from
the
activity. The value for day2 was
learning and games were conducted.
The students got insights of how to
work in a team, be co-operative, and improve their analytical thinking. It also taught the students that
there is some useful learning from every activity we do and we should not take it lightly. The Forum
coordinator was Hemanalini R Assistant Professor (SRG) CoH.
LEAGUES & CLUBS
The leagues & clubs had a very active month. Various activities were organized and conducted by the
students.
COMMUNITY LEAGUE
On November 15, 2014, 20 students of I MBA, visited Universal Peace Foundation and an orphanage
and spent few hours with the children and senior citizens residing over there. The team visited and
donated few sacks of rice, eatables like biscuits and gently used clothes. They played with the children
and shared thoughts with the elders. There were few mentally retarded adults with whom they
interacted
27 students of I MBA, visited Chinnavedampatti village as a part of Clean India Movement(SWACH
BHARAT ABHIYAN). Students continued the Clean India Movement activity @ our panchayat village
which was started on September 30, 2014-Gandhi Jayanthi Week. Event was organized by Mr M Shri
Gowtham(I MBA League Executive) and Ms.Revathy (II MBA League Executive) it was coordinated by
Dr R Hemanalini coordinator Community League.
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SPORTS LEAGUE - KNIGHTZ
Team KNIGHTZ, sports league of KCT Business School
conducted series of activities for our students from
November 8 to 14, 2014. Cricket tournament for boys
and Badminton tournament for girls in doubles &
singles format between batch 2014 and batch 2013
students were conducted. The best players from the
Cricket team will be chosen for playing in the official
team during Dooshra Premier League - Season 3,
February 2015. Kasinathan & Arrun Vignesh, the
student sports league coordinators organized the
events. The faculty coordinator for these activities was Ms. A. Priya Dharshini, Assistant Professor –
Systems & the Sports League coordinator.
Environment League- AIKYA
On November 16, 2014, Environmental
league organized a trekking to
Thoovaanam Falls. 39 Students from
Batch 2013-15 and batch 2014-16 along
with faculty members Sangeetha.S
Assistant Professor (SRG) and Senthil
Prakash, Assistant Professor trekked
nearly 6 kilometers. The members
enjoyed the nature as well learnt the
specialty the forest and falls. The trek
was coordinated and organized by
Vignesh S and Sangeetha.S Assistant
Professor (SRG) student coordinator
and Faculty coordinator of environment league
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SPECIAL DAYS at KCT.BS
International Accounting Day
On International Accounting Day, Centre
of Finance organised an “Awareness
Camp on Financial Products”. The
programme aimed at exhibiting many
financial and bank products. People from
various institutions like LIC, Annamalai
capital services, APSAL, DSP BLACKROCK
MUTUAL FUNDS displayed their products
in our B-School. They clarified the
different equity, mutual fund, life
insurance and non life insurance
products. The students showed keen
interest in knowing about them. The
event was organised by Professor.
V.R.Nedunchezhian & Ms.S.Sangeetha
Assistant Professor (SRG)
Financeopedia
A special event was organised on International Accounting for first year Students. The programme
was designed based on the famous Programme “Oru Vaarthai Oru Laksham. This was a game
conducted for Batch 2014-16 students. 36 members were clubbed into 9 teams. The main objective of
the game was to test the knowledge on Financial Jargons. The game had three rounds and each round
had eliminations. The following are the Winners of the event.
First place:
Divya.K-G1;Hiren Babu L-G1;Gayatri.K.M -G3
Second Place:
Deepika-G6;Sowmya-G6;Varna priya-G6;Veena-G6
Third Place:
Hema Jaya keerthana-G5;Lalitha priya-G5;Lakshmi priya-G5;Sharmila-G6
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International Men’s Day
The Women Power of KCT BS wanted to acknowledge
the support, the dedication and the care the Men bestow
on them. In this effort the Mens day was celebrated on
the November 19, 2014. A special thanks and a small
memento was presented to the Men in the Faculty and
Admin teams. This was an initiative from the HR Centre.
ALUMNI
Alumni Talk
On November 18,
2014,
Mr.Kabilan
Chakravarthy,
Manager HR, Greeno
Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore, spoke to
students of Batch
2014-16 on "Life after
MBA”. He emphasized
the importance of
having good Resume
with realistic Career
Objective,
Attitude
building, the need to
understand
Job
Description, certification courses and to hone skills sets and stressed to have focused mind towards
Career. He also spoke on the industry expectations. Kabilan is an alumnus of KCT Business School.
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TRAINING & PLACEMENT
Placement
The Center of Corporate Relations conducted 8 placement drives during the month of Nov 2014.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Redington
- 4 offers
3.50 Lacs
Bajaj Capital
- 7 Offers
2.28 Lacs
Mean Median Mode.com-5 Offers
2.50 Lacs
TTK Services
- 8 Offers
3.24 Lacs
Next Education
- 5 Offers
3.66 Lacs
HCL Info systems Ltd - 1 Offer
3.66 Lacs
IDBI Fed Insurance
- 16 Offers
2.50 Lacs
Mahindra Finance
- 3 Shortlisted – Results to receive
30th Oct 2014
7th Nov 2014
13th Nov 2014
14th Nov 2014
18th Nov 2014
19th Nov 2014
20th Nov 2014
14th Nov 2014
Training
Mock GDPI
A two day workshop on mock GDPI was conducted 140 students of Batch 2013-15 on November 8 & 9,
2014.Day one of GDPI started with Orientation by Mr.James, Launchpad LLC and the students were
divided into three batches for the rest of the session. Sessions included Effective self Introduction,
Building Effective Resume and How to do effective GD. The objective of the session is to create
awareness among the students about the expectations of the corporate from students in GD. Students
were told to concentrate on 3 C’s Communication, Content and Clarity. Feedback & comments were
given to each student to fair well in future group discussion during their interview process.
Day Two of GDPI included, conduct of
Personal interview for each student and
Online aptitude Test, Domain Knowledge
check and Psychometric analysis in
media-median-mode.com. The panel
Members included Mr.Ganeshan, Head
HR-L&T; Mr. Mohan, Relationship
Manager-YES Bank;Mr.Ravi,CFO-ROOTS;
Mr.Vincent Paul, HR Manager- Lotus
Group; Mr. James, Launchpad –LLC.
Interviews were conducted for each
student with an objective of assessing
the
interviewee’s
potential
and
suitability for a job/career in desired
field. Students were encouraged to
clarify their doubts relating to attending interview.
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Company Specific Training
Company specific training program for students was conducted a day before the campus drive.
Students underwent such training for the following companies TTK Services, Mahindra Finance, Bajaj
Capital, HCL Infosystems limited & Next Education. This helped the student to perform during the final
interview process.
Editorial Team
Ms. Sabita Johnson
Administrative Coordinator, KCT. BS
Mr. Boobal Achuthan
Office Manager, KCT. BS
KCT Business School
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Coimbatore – 641 049
0422 221360/1365/1455
www. kctbs. ac. in
www. facebook. com/KCT. BS
http://www.linkedin.com/company/kct-business-school
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Newsletter November 2014

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