ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

MBA ORIENTATION PROGRAMME 2004

Master's degree in business administration continues to be a popular career option amongst students graduating from different streams. The increasing reputation of the programme has attracted students from diverse backgrounds to aspire for admission into a B-school. This has perhaps enriched the quality to the students taking management courses but has made the task of educators more challenging. Minds trained in different disciplines have to be brought to a common platform and taught various courses of management that are more general than specialist in nature.

Keeping in view the varied background of the MBA aspirants, IIIM is organizing an Orientation Workshop ' Parichaya' for the fresh batch of the MBA students from 28th July, 2004 through 3rd August, 2004. During the week long workshop, the participants will be familiarized with different aspects of management education. The students will be provided an opportunity to interact with experts from different fields to understand the latest trends and concepts in the field of management and related aspects like placements.

On the first day of the orientation workshop, the freshers were made deeply aware of the educational body they have entered in. IIIM and its sister organisations were kept in the limelight so as to acquaint the young IIIMites with their work-culture and the achievements of the same. Dr. Ashok Gupta, Director IIIM, while addressing the newcomers, showed great faith that the students will soon realise their decision of choosing IIIM proving to be a fruitful one. He said that today's world is a site of competition and if they want to carve a niche for themselves in the same, the time ahead would demand a lot of hard-work and dedication. He said the entire faculty is hopeful that the new entrants will keep the flag of IIIM flying high as ever. A special CD Presentation 'BIZ' let the budding managers keep into the business world's latest who's who.

In the final session of the day's programme, freshers introduced themselves to others, also sharing their philosophy of life. As one of them fairly quoted, "Dream as if you will live forever and live as if you will die today", seniors support and applause made their first day even more enjoyable and memorable.

The second day of ‘Parichaya 2004’ was initiated by an interactive session headed by the Dr. Kavaldeep Dixit. She entertained a host of queries by the freshers regarding the institution and the facilities offered. This was followed by Dr. Ruby Dwivedi's lecture on different aspects of general management.

Keeping in view the fiercely competitive environment of today’s world, Mr. A.N. Rangaswamy, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Bell Ceramics Ltd., Baroda, explained the mantras of 'Coping up with marketing challenges during recession".

The third day commenced with a session on ‘MBA - Academic Inputs' by Dr. Harsh Dwivedi, Associate Professor, Poddar Institute of Management, University of Rajasthan where in he threw light on characteristics of a good manager. He deliberated upon the features of open economy and its benefits.
Thereafter, Dr. Kavaldeep Dixit discussed the success mantras of popular brands and their marketing strategies, while delivering a lecture on ‘Marketing Orientation’.
In the final session Mr. Sarvesh Mathur, Senior Management Consultant, briefed about 'Tools For Excellence' required to handle many a challenging assignments in the corporate world.

The fourth day comprised an orientation on HRM by Ms. Manju Nair. This was followed by a lecture on 'Industry's Expectations from an MBA' by Mr. Vikas Mehta, Sales Manager, Hindustan Times. He discussed at length how today's corporate world demands future preparedness to handle challenging assignments effectively.
Mr. B.N. Upadhyay, GM (Administration), BSNL spoke about 'Personality Development' explaining the means of improving an individual's effectiveness in any activity s/he undertakes.

The fifth day commenced with a lecture of 'Finance Orientation' by Dr. Somdev. The students were familiarized with the basic concepts and ideas pertaining to financial management. This was followed by an interactive session with Dr. Asha Pandey, HOD, French, University of Rajasthan wherein she expressed her views on 'French and Alliance Francaise, and suggested how the knowledge of French can provide a cutting edge to the future managers. Thereafter, Mr. Atul Sharma, Senior Manager - HR, MICO - BOSCH discussed the prevalent scenario regarding 'Business Etiquettes' in the present corporate world.

On the concluding day of the Parichaya, Cdr. Kulhari oriented the students about the IT world which was followed by a movie session showcasing 'The missing'.


The key resource persons are as follows :
Resource Person	Topic
Mr. A. N. Rangaswamy Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Bell Ceramics, Baroda	“Coping up with Marketing challenges during recession”
Dr. Harsh Dwivedi Associate Professor, R.A. Poddar Institute of Management, Jaipur	MBA - Academic Inputs
Mr. Sarvesh Mathur, Senior Management Consultant	Tools for excellence
Mr. Vikas Mehta, Sales Manager, Hindustan Times	MBA – Industry’s expectations
Mr. Atul Sharma, Senior Manager – HR, MICO – BOSCH	Business etiquettes
Dr. Asha Pandey, HOD, French, University of Rajasthan	French Orientation
Dr. A. L. Shah	English Language Orientation
Mr. B. N. Upadhyay ,G.M.(Administration), BSNL	“Personality Development”
Dr. Somdev, Associate Professor, EAFM Department, University of Rajasthan	Finance Orientation