IMT- Events Guide.. Focus on Chakravyuh

Strength comes from an indomitable will. Skill and confidence is an unconquered army. And the sporting arena at IMT-Ghaziabad is probably the best place where strength, will, skill and confidence converge to dazzle us with the sporting extravaganza called “Chakravyuh”. Exemplary displays of strategies, team-work and healthy entertainment have traditionally been the trademark of “Chakravyuh” year after year. Having been organised since more than a decade now, “Chakravyuh” is now widely acknowledged as one of the biggest sporting events amongst all the B-Schools of the country. 

 

The 72 hours of “Chakravyuh” each year abound with a palpable adrenaline rush and healthy competition. The event encompasses a wide gamut of sports and games ranging from athletics, outdoor sports like badminton, basketball, cricket, football, lawn tennis, throwball, volleyball and indoor sports like table tennis to even virtual games. Events like DJ nights and sports quizzes sizzle up the event even more. 

 

In a nut-shell, “Chakravyuh” encompasses the very spirit of IMT-Ghaziabad. It stands for pride, honour, patience, perseverance, stamina, will-power and above all a sportsmanship spirit, qualities that are so very essential for coming out a winner in the battle called “Life”. 

 

F0r details abour Chakravyuh 2010, Visit http://www.chakravyuh.imt-ghaziabad.com

3rd International Conference on Data Management organized by IMT Ghaziabad

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad organized 3rd International Conference on Data Management was held on 11th and 12th March 2010 in collaboration with University of Saskatchewan, Canada and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The conference, co-chaired by Dr. Poonam Garg and Dr. Susmi Routray, was attended by over 200 delegates from India, Bangladesh, USA, Canada, Turkey, Singapore and many other countries. The conference witnessed a rich exchange of ideas amongst IT professionals. The delegates felt that the overall experience was enriching and the high-end discussions that they had enlarged the spectrum of their subject knowledge. Academicians, industry experts, research scholars and IT practitioners shared copious flow of knowledge during these conference days. They discussed that data is growing exponentially. But enterprises need maximum scalability, performance and production for its intensive applications. An effective data management in terms of quality and consistency across the enterprise can drive significant business benefits. Data management in firms enables intelligent business decisions and impacts positively all business processes ensuring customer delight. The major challenges of an effective data management for any organization are heterogeneous sources of data across multiple applications and databases, customer driven markets, global slowdown, high costs per internal and external transaction for organization due to siloed data stores, challenges in managing customer churn and new customer acquisition. The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Gerarld Seniuk Chief Judge of Saskatchewan. The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Rajat Nag (Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank), and Mr. Bharat Rele (Director-Solution Engineering for SAP India). Mr. Nag’s keynote address focused on the future of the Asia and Pacific region in the global economy following strong economic growth in recent decades. The address then highlighted the need for inclusive growth to address the challenge of the "two faces of Asia" where one face is evidenced by glittering skylines in Asian capitals while the other reveals abject poverty. Finally, Mr. Nag focused on the key challenges for India. He also discussed the importance, among others, of infrastructure improvements, environmental concerns, governance reforms and India's leadership on regional cooperation and integration initiatives for a more prosperous South Asia and global economy. Mr. Bharat Rele’s keynote address was focused on Managing the Lifeblood of Your Organization. He explained that heart of any organization is Data. Almost every department in the organization depends on it. When properly managed, information can help you run your business effectively and efficiently by providing critical data needed to drive business processes and decisions. Information can also be a source of knowledge helping your organization increase competitiveness and profitability. The plenary session is being conducted in two parts by Mr. Swapan Purkait who is the CEO of Nettech, a leading information technology consulting and development firm specialized in the area of computer networking and Ruchin Kumar who is the principal architect of Safenet which is a global leader in information security. Mr Swapan has presented demonstration of hacking and guided the audience regarding the measures to be taken to safeguard their network against unethical hacking and Mr. Ruchir Kumar demonstrated how to secure your information, Network, email & desktops. We received around 300 papers and as an upshot of a double blind review process we selected 125 papers for presentation. Technical sessions were organized in 21 parallel tracks of data management, computer science and engineering and communication network and security, computer applications, and ERP/CRM. The conference was just an episode in the series of conferences planned to be taken with the annual periodicity. Dr. Poonam Garg, the conference co-chair, closed the event by announcing the theme of the conference to be held next year in the month of January with its thematic focus on data management and ethical hacking.

Alumni Watch..Contd. - Subhinder Singh Prem

Subhinder Singh Prem is the current Managing Director of Reebok India. With his vision and experience he has taken Reebok to newer heights. He was the brain behind the renowned tie up with Manish Arora for Reebok Fish Fry which won Reebok worldwide acclaim. 

His previous stints include working in Ranbaxy and the Middle east. A sports lover and a marathon runner, Subhinder finds pleasure in music and reading among a host of other activities.

Alumni Watch..Contd. - Mr. Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi started his career with Ogilvy & Mather(O&M) Delhi, and after working there for over 10 years, he joined McCann-Erickson, in early 2002. By 2006, he was Regional creative director, South and South East Asia, when in December 2006 he was elevated to Executive Chairman for McCann Worldgroup India and Regional Creative Director Asia Pacific.

He made his bollywood debut as Film Lyricist with Rajkumar Santoshi's Lajja, which soon led to Yash Chopra's Hum Tum and a string of popular Bollywood films, Fanaa, Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par, Black, Hum Tum and Delhi 6. With Rang De Basanti (2006), he also became a dialogue writer.

Prasoon has also created many advertisements like NDTV India ("Sach dikhate hain hum"), Saffola ("Abhi to main jawan hoon") LG, Marico, Perfetti (Alpenliebe, Chloromint), and the thanda matlab campaign for Coca Cola with Aamir Khan, Happydent -which is considered by experts as India's best ad till date, he has rightfully earned the title of "the Ad Guru of India".

In 2006, he was chosen a 'Young Global Leader 2006' by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum. In 2008 he was invited as theCannes Jury Chairman and in 2009, he was named amongst the exclusive 10-member Cannes Titanium & Integrated Jury 2009 at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2000.

Alumni Watch - Achievements

Rajeev Karwal is one of those rare leaders who is an innovator, a shaper yet an effective manager due to his team skills and organizing cum execution capabilities.He has successfully worked with Indian and Multinational organizations in India and abroad. 


His adaptive nature and high nervous energy has made him a success with startups, turnarounds as well as steady state organizations. 

He has worked with organizations like Onida, Chellaram’s, LG, Philips, Electrolux and Reliance in the last 23 years and has met success at all places due to his ‘Ethics and hardwork have no alternative’ motto.

Milagrow is a Venture Catalyst, founded by Rajeev Karwal. Milagrow fills the 'Management Capital' need gaps of growth seeking - micro, small and medium businesses left un-addressed by the 'idea capital' providers (pure consultants) or the 'financial capital' providers. Milagrow brings in rich management capital to its clients through its completely unique solutions, services, platforms and real insights into the issues of micro, small and medium businesses.

Milagrows' founder Mr Rajeev Karwal says , "Ideas never fail, its we who fail them".

IMT Ghaziabad - PLACEMENT REPORT 2010

IMT Ghaziabad had a remarkable placement year 2010 with 400 plus offers from 128 companies. IT/ ITeS vertical was the biggest recruiter in terms of number of students placed, followed by Financial Sector and PSUs. Many students got offers for consulting profiles from various companies including names like J P Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, KP IT Cummins etc. Students also got international offers for Middle East, South East Asia and African countries.

In all for the purpose of the placements we received 140 Pre Placement Talks out of which 128 companies conducted the process.

8 students have been made international offers in the middle east and the African region.

The highest international CTC offered has been Rs. 26 lacs PA. and the highest domestic was Rs. 12.6 lacs PA.

The average CTC on campus is Rs. 7.5 Lacs PA.

The companies have conducted recruitment process with an average of 3.4 offers per recruiter and Infosys technologies has been the highest recruiter with the total of 22 accepted offers.

The major first time recruiters were Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, State Bank of India, 3M, KPIT Cummins, Bosch, Eli Lilly, SC Jhonson, etc.

The major recruiters have been Infosys Technologies, HCL Technologies, Deloitte, ITC, Perfetti Van Mille, IFCI, Kotak Bank, Yes Bank, Citi Group, Airtel, Vodaphone, Tata Teleservices, GE, Genpact, Virtusa, Wipro Technologies, Tata Motors, DSCL, Religare, Maruti, Abhishek Industries, Moser bear, Bajaj Auto, ORGIMS.

It was the first time more than ten PSUs came to the campus with a host of them forming the elite list of recruiters such as State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra, Union Bank of India, Rural Electrification Corporation, TRAI, OPAL, Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Corporation Bank.

FACULTY PROFILE SHARE - Dr. A M Sherry

Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry is a Ph.D., M.Sc.(Gold Medalist), M.Tech. (Computer Science – IIT Kharagpur). He is a recipient of Anand Swarup Bhatnagar Gold Medal for securing highest marks in postgraduate examination. He is also a recipient of Brilliant Student Honor by Lions Club in the year 1987 and 1989. He has participated in various training programmes organized by IIMs and IITs.

His Specialization is in the field of Computer Networks, inter-networking technologies and wireless communications. He has more than 18 years experience in teaching and research. He has delivered a large number of lectures as guest faculty at many universities and Institutes of repute. He is AACSB (The Association of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) Accredited Faculty.

He has been the Chairman of Fellow Programme in Management. Many candidates have already been awarded Ph.D degrees under his supervision and at present, he is supervising six candidates for the award of Ph.D. More than 100 postgraduate students have completed projects under his supervision. Dr. Sherry has published many research papers in international/national journals and conferences.

He is an Information Technology Consultant of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise) and a Member of the Task Force for strengthening of Information Technology Application in Ministry of Power, Government of India.

One Year Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security - With Ankit Fadia

The growing internationalization of higher education, especially professional courses and institutions, increasing international co-operation and the emergence of new, transnational education providers are posing a challenge to national higher education systems. The new knowledge-based society demands managers who are flexible and versatile. They need to learn continuously and upgrade their skills as technology advances. Innovative forms of transnational education based on Internet have been opened to students around the world. This has made distance education more vibrant and rewarding experience.

IMT - Centre for Distance Learning offers a wide spectrum of Management and Information Technology Programmes. The curriculum for these programmes is constantly updated in keeping with the dynamic global as well as Indian environment. Learning is further enhanced by information technology that connects students to resources and data around the globe. The approach to management education is founded on continuous innovation, development of practical knowledge and a relentless commitment to academic excellence.

IMT - CDL has been recognised by Distance Education Council, India.

Eligibility

Graduation in any discipline. Admission test is not required.

Programme Delivery

It will be through video-conferencing.

Programme Structure

Semester-I                                                                               Credits

Basics of Security                                                                             2

Network Security                                                                             2

Different Types of Attack                                                                 2

Network Security Threats, Attacks and Loopholes                           2

Project 1

Project work in the area of specialisation (equivalent to 2 subjects and 8 credits).

Semester-II                                                                               Credits

Security Solutions                                                                             2

Advanced Security Systems                                                              2

Application, Internet and Mobile Platforms Security                           2

Building a Secure System                                                                  2

Project 2

Project work in the area of specialisation (equivalent to 2 subjects and 8 credits).

IMT Declares PGDM Program Admission Results

For all those who have been aspiring to be an IMTian, the wait is finally over. Institute of Management Technology (IMT) has declared the Post Graduate Diploma in Management Program Admission Result, 2010. Students can check their exam results after clicking on the link below and feeding their CAT registration no. thereafter.

http://www.imt.edu/Admissions/admission_pgdm_results1.asp

 The next waiting list is slated to come out on Friday, May 7, 2010. The significance of this waiting list lies in the fact that it is meant for an additional intake of 120 students who will be able to avail an extra advantage of experiencing one year of international exposure and one year studying at Ghaziabad campus.

 “This year the intake is 400 and above for IMT Ghaziabad and 368 for IMT Nagpur. We are planning to take in additional 120 students who will have the advantage of getting one year international exposure besides one year at Ghaziabad campus”, says Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry, Chairman, Joint admission Committee,  Institute of Management Technology

“The students will spend their first year in Dubai and the second year at IMT Ghaziabad campus. The orientation program and placements of all 120 students will take place at IMT Ghaziabad campus,” mentions Dr. Sherry.

 Strategically located in Ghaziabad, near the national capital, The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad is rated among the top 10 business schools in India. It is widely recognized as a centre of excellence in management education, having moulded itself according to the fast changing business and social environment over the last 29 years. 

For more information please visit - www.imt.edu

An Interview with Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry, Director, IMT CDL

In order to equip Distance MBA aspirants with all the relevant information on the programmes offered by IMT CDL, we bring to you the exclusive interview with Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry, Director, IMT CDL.
Excerpts from the interview:

Q: What makes IMT different from the other key market players?

A: The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad is rated amongst the top 10 business schools in India. It is widely recognized as a centre of excellence in management education, having moulded itself according to the fast changing business and social environment over the last 29 years.

The institution is strategically located in Ghaziabad, near Delhi, the national capital.

IMT boasts of one of the best infrastructure in the country which is evident from its consistent high ranking on infrastructure parameter. Its strength lies in its eminent faculty and the quality of its courses that have in many cases, been trendsetters.rry

Q: What management programmes are offered by IMT-CDL?

A: IMT-CDL offers a wide spectrum of management and information technology programmes. The curriculum is constantly updated to be in touch with the dynamic global and Indian environment.
Three-year Post-Graduate Programme in Management, two-year advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Management offers specialization in the areas of Finance, Marketing, Systems, Operations and Human Resource Management.
One-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Management. The institute also offers one-year Post-Graduate Diploma courses in Taxation and Cyber Security. The curriculum of Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security is offered in collaboration with Mr. Ankit Fadia, world-renowned cyber security expert.
For corporates and professionals, IMT-CDL offers one-year Post-Graduate Programme (Executive) and the two-year advanced Post-Graduate Programme in Management.
IMT-CDL has corporate tie-ups with Airtel, IBM, Infosys, ONGC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Genpact etc.

Q: What advantages does distance learning offer to the admission takers?

A: IMT-CDL believes that it is offering programmes that are at par with the best programmes. We have taken several initiatives to continuously improve its programmes.
IMT-CDL organizes personal contact programmes where classes are held at IMT campus and other locations to aid personal interaction. Its course curriculum and contents are updated every six months which keeps the contents fresh.
Further, the institute takes its testing procedure and examinations very seriously. Its exams are held by UPSC which conducts exams for civil services also. This guarantees fairness of this process.
IMT CDL is interested in delivering quality management education and it does not compromise on its intake, course-curriculum, delivery process and examinations.

Q: What is the fees of these programmes?

A: The fees for the different programmes is:

-- Three-year Post-Graduate Programme in Management (Fee: Rs. 25,000 p.a)
-- Two-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Fee: Rs. 40,000 p.a)
-- One-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive) (Fee: Rs. 40,000 p.a)
-- Post-Graduate Diploma in Taxation (Fee: Rs. 25,000 p.a)
-- Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security (Fee: Rs. 19,000 p

CONVOCATION 2010

  

Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Nagpur Organizes Convocation 2010

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and Nagpur jointly organized Convocation 2010 on March 20, 2010. The Chief Guest was Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman UB Group, and the function was presided over by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and President Board of Governors, Institute of Management Technology. Other dignitaries gracing the occasion were Mr. Bakul Nath, Vice-President, IMT, Dr. Anwar Ali, Director IMT, Ghaziabad and Dr. Rajendra Naragundkar, Director, IMT, Nagpur.

Dr. Vijay Mallya in the convocation address stressed on the importance of self – confidence and creative thinking in his convocation address. He urged the students to believe in themselves and face the world with self – confidence. He said that India offered the largest unique opportunity for development considering the fact that India has a very young average age demographically. He said that the future of the country lay on the students. For young energetic minds, now being trained to think by faculty, collective knowledge of both experience and innovation is necessary.

He stressed on the need to build upon this foundation that the outgoing batch has been fortunate enough to get. He gave the example of Kingfisher’s strategy. Although advertising alcohol is banned in India, Kingfisher has been able to achieve the status of being the largest home – grown indigenous brand sold in over 55 countries. Dr. Mallya said that we must talk to a brand and the brand needs to talk to us. Visual image is important but a brand should be a visual communicator. This is what differentiates a brand from a super brand.

“Please be leaders. Don’t be followers. You can create, you can innovate. The fundamental requirement is confidence in you. Let your confidence be your biggest strength. And let your creative mind think out of the box. If u do it, this country is in very safe hands with youngsters like you.” were Dr. Mallya’s concluding statements.

Shri Kamal Nath mentioned that the global economy is just about recovering from one of the worst recessions it has experienced in eight decades – some economists say: the worst recession, period. Whichever way one looks at it, it is undeniable that the last two and a half years mark an inflection point – the post-recession world that we shall experience, in economic terms, is unlikely to resemble the world that preceded the recession.

Dr Anwar Ali, Director, IMT Ghaziabad in his annual report was upbeat about the overall academic and extra curricular achievements. IMT Ghaziabad has been ranked as one of the top ten business schools of India along with IIMs in surveys conducted by Career 360, Business India, Open C-fore, Outlook, CSR-GHRDC and Indian Management Survey.

Tete-a-tete with the Director, IMT, Ghaziabad

Dr. Anwar Ali, the newly appointed director of Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad enjoys competition in the education sector and feels research in management is the only way to move forward for business institutions. Following is what he had to say about IMT-Ghaziabad and about IMT as a brand:

What are the unique propositions that IMT-Ghaziabad stands for?
List three ways in which it is different from B-schools in the same league
IMT Ghaziabad is unique in the sense that it starts training of students as managers from day one. All committees are run and managed by the students, which gives them an early exposure to the managerial life. Secondly it offers the largest number of alliances with foreign universities. Exchange programs with these international universities help the students form relationships that enhance their career. We also have an agreement with the Harvard Business School (HBS) through which we buy their case studies on a per student basis, thus providing the students with authentic study material from HBS.

Have the admissions been affected in the light of recession?
What changes have been incorporated in the curriculum to counter recession?
Although the admissions haven’t been affected due to recession, there have been few changes in the curriculum to prepare the students of IMT for recession like situations. We have strengthened the course in risk management and have got the most recent cases from Harvard Business School on how companies collapsed during recession. This is to teach the students the practices in management they should avoid in their careers. We are also teaching students the aspects of the governance of PSUs through which they successfully overcame recession.

What is the general profile of the candidate who is called for GD-PI at the IMT?
What do you look for in a candidate in the GD-PI round; how much weightage is given to work experience?
At IMT, candidates are called for GD-PI solely on the basis of their CAT scores. During the GD-PI round we look for a candidate’s communication skills, confidence and also his passion for management. The weightage given to work experience has been increased from this year although there is no minimum requirement criterion. We have increased the weightage of work experience to initiate more valuable discussion in the classroom, since the students who have worked before will be in a better position to ask relevant questions. This in turn will also encourage our faculty to update itself regularly.

What is the strength of your faculty? How do you ensure that they deliver the best to your students?
We have around 420 (errata: 60) faculty members in our institute. Most of them are involved in research; there are over 150 publications on current topics by our faculty. To ensure that they deliver the best, we have an annual performance management system where we evaluate the faculty member on the basis of units earned. Any member of the faculty is required to earn a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 700 units where 300 units is equivalent to teaching 6 courses. Apart from that there are a number of faculty meetings where issues relating to teaching are discussed openly and thus resolved amongst the members.

How have the placements been affected in the light of recession? What steps have been taken to counter that?
The placements have been affected considering that we took almost five to six months to place the batch that usually took only a couple of days. To avoid such situation in the future, we are targeting more companies and also targeting companies in the sectors that are doing well. Students are also being counseled to take up different kind of jobs, like in profiles apart from marketing and finance which may place them remote areas of the country.

Throw some light on the IMT Dubai campus. How did that come into being?
IMT Dubai was started when Dubai was at its helm of growth and development and the demand for business graduates was high. The target students were both the student population of India and Dubai. We also realized the need for part time MBA for working professionals in Dubai and thus we offer part time MBA with evening classes for people who are already working in Dubai.

What relations do IMT Ghaziabad, IMT Nagpur and IMT Dubai share with each other? Do you think each one of them will become competition to each other in the coming years?
All the institutes of IMT are separate independent institutions and thus just share the brand name between each other. IMT Nagpur was started in 2004 but it has developed faster than any other institute in its league. Talking about competition, we will be happy to compete with more quality institutions in the market and thus will enjoy the competition.

IMT, Ghaziabad wins TATA CRUCIBLE CAMPUS QUIZ 2010

The National Finals of Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2010 witnessed an exciting and nail-biting finale at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai.

IMT Ghaziabad (Satyanarayan and Sriharsha) emerged victorious after holding-off stiff competition from IIM-Lucknow and defending champions IIM-Calcutta.

The Chief Guest for the evening, Mr. Kishor Chaukar, Managing Director, Tata Industries awarded the winning team from with a cash prize of Rupees 4 Lakhs along with a host of other prizes.

The 2010 edition of the campus quiz received a record participation of nearly 3200 teams from across 20 cities of India with Nagpur, Manipal, Ranchi and Guwahati being new additions in this year's edition.

"We are very happy to win the title of Tata Crucible National Champion 2010 and this could be achieved only due to the support from our family and friends. This was one-of-a-kind experience that we cannot express in words and we are looking forward to the challenge that awaits us in the grand International Finals”, echoed the winners.