CMA Update

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Issue 2 September 2009

Office Bearers CMA jointly with ITFT Education Group

President
Celebrates World Tourism Day with Pomp and Show
Col. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.) Chief Guest : Sh A.R.Talwar, Principal Secy., Home Affairs & Justice, Pb.
Director
Continental Group of Institutes, Mohali Chandigarh Management Association
(CMA) jointly with ITFT Education Group
Vice President celebrated “World Tourism Day” as Tourists
Dr. Gulshan Sharma cum Citizen Security Day on September 26
Director at ITFT College Campus at Vill. Hoshirpur,
Foundation of ITFT, Chandigarh PGI-Mullanpur road, Distt. Mohali. The day
marked cultural events performed by the
Secretary General students of ITFT College. They performed
J.N. Vohra dances on the tunes of Bollywood songs,
Textile Consultant Bhangra dances and also Russian and
Sh A.R.Talwar, addressing the audience
Mexico dances performed by foreign faculty
Joint Secretary of the institute, Ms. Natasha from Russia &
Dr. T.L. Kaushal Ms. Rozy from Mexico. There was a quiz
Dean contest as well declamation contest on the
International Business School, Chandigarh topic of “Emerging Trends in Security
Services”
Treasurer Sh A.R.Talwar, principal secretary, home
CA Vivek Goyal affairs and justice, Punjab, who was the
chief guest, said that the security of the
Past President tourists is central to the growth of tourist
Anil Kohli industry, which can contribute considerably Sh A.R.Talwar, & Col. Karamjeet Singh
to the economy of the state as well as releasing the book of Sh. Pran Seth
country.
He said that Government of Punjab has include racial attacks, flu pandemic,
Editor
J.N. Vohra established institutions for providing protection to their sensitive electronic
cma.chd@gmail.com security training to the police personnel information etc. and added that in the
http://cmaupdate.blogspot.com/ n e a r H o s h i a rp u r a n d M o h a l i . H e recent past certain incidences of
Mob. : 9814556072 congratulated CMA and ITFT executive molestation and rapes of the female foreign
director Dr. Gulshan Sharma for celebrating tourists in Chandigarh shows that the youth
CMA the day as security of tourists. of the city needs to be sensitised about the
CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION On this occasion, ITFT Education group importance and security of the tourists, if
C/o Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan we have to position the city as a tourist hub.
Plot No. 5, Sector 27-B, Madhya Marg
conferred a life time achievement award on
Writer and Tourism Veteran, Sh Pran Seth, ITFT College also conferred an award of
Chandigarh-160019, INDIA
Tel .: 0172-2656031, Fax : 0172-2639548 for his contribution towards tourism, and on honour on Chandigarh Management
Website : www.cma.net.in this occasion his book “Lahore to Delhi… Association for its contribution in bringing
email : cmachandigarh@yahoo.com awareness to the youth for managing and
Rising from Ashes” was also released.
Affiliated to Col. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.), president of coping up with various issues of city
CMA said that security issues are becoming management. The award was received by
hot topics, since wide variety of security Col. Karamjeet Singh, president CMA.
ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
threats haunts the tourists, which now
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CMA Holds Management Meet on August 29, 2009

"No high rise buildings, no flyovers for Chandigarh": Pawan Bansal
Four prominent Educationalists Honoured

Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal addressing the audience

C handigarh Management Association (CMA) held its

"Management Meet", on August 29, 2009 at Dr.
Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management,
Chandigarh. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources was the chief
Col. Karmajeet Singh (retd.), President of the CMA in his
welcome address said that over a period of time CMA have
been highlighting the views of various experts, through its
monthly lecture series and seminars on various aspects of
city development. He said various plans for development of
guest. The topic "Positioning Chandigarh as a World Class the city are underway, such as rapid transport system,
City" was discussed in the meet. Mr. I.S.Paul, prominent improvement in the drainage to avoid flooding during heavy
industrialists of the city delivered keynote a While speaking rains; some of these projects are delayed, or are not taking
on the occasion, Shri Bansal congratulated CMA for keeping off due to procedural tangles with the result cleanliness of
a relevant topic for discussions and said that development of the city is getting deteriorated. He further said that if we
Chandigarh is foremost in his mind and dear to him. have to bring the city at International level all these aspects
However, he said that many experts has wrong notion in need to be tackled swiftly.
their minds that only cities with high rise building and Dr. Gulshan Sharma, while summing up the debate said that
flyovers could have status of world class. He said, smaller Chandigarh is no longer a city of 'retired, 'tired' and 'expired'.
cities with well spread social, educational and health He said the city has come out of this morass. Now city is
amenities spread over and accessible to each resident in bubbling with youthful energy and it needs to be harnessed
each sector could bring Chandigarh the deserved for the betterment of the city. He said, the city of Chandigarh
recognition world over. Shri Bansal further said that building is now well poised to be in the forefront of becoming an
high rise buildings and flyovers to meet the requirement of educational hub of international stature, but to create
ever growing population and traffic of the city may not be ample opportunities for the employment for well educated
the best solution, even though, he said, flyovers at places and ambitious youth, the administration of the city should
such as Delhi has transformed the outlook of the city for the mull upon developing cinematic tourism and centre for
betterment, but the same could not be perceived for health recuperation through traditional Indian herbal
Chandigarh. While referring to earlier address of Shri medicines and methods, besides focussing on appropriate
I.S.Paul, he said, the suggestions made by the speakers education for employability.
contained all the ingredients of a world class city; however,
he said that in this process of development we need to
ensure that the basic structure of this planned city is not
destroyed.
Speaking earlier, the key note speaker of the seminar, Mr.
I.S.Paul, industrialist of the city said that some cities count as
world-class not just because of their size but because of their
importance in business, finance and governance. World-
class business cities are those where strategic and tactical
decisions are made on everything from meeting the every
day demands of the growing population, education, health,
entertainment, tourism and provide ample opportunities for
employment for the youth and become incubator for
companies where new jobs come from. He appreciated the Col. Karamjeet Singh addressing the audience
work done so far for the development of the city.
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CMA Organises seminar on Supply Chain Management

Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) organised
today a seminar here today on the subject “Seven
Principles of Supply Chain Management” at ICFAI Business
School, S.A.S.Nagar as a part of its monthly lecture series.
The seminar was jointly organised with British Library.
The key speaker on the seminar was Dr. Cedwyn Fernandes
of Middlesex University Dubai. Speaking on the occasion,
Dr. Cedwyn said that businesses are now examining every
area of their supply chain to reduce costs, reduce waste
and shorten time span to reach to the final customers. He
said, Companies that want to get ahead of the curve and
stay there need to begin thinking how to develop an Dr. Cedwyn Fernandes speaking on Supply Chain Mgt.
approach to sourcing and supplying the goods that factors manufactures and sells products. As the public's
this new reality into their plans. He said, in India the perception about the environment changes, companies
biggest hurdle in making the supply chain effective is the must look at greener packaging alternatives in their
poor and uncertain logistics for movement of the goods. supply chain to satisfy consumers.
Dr. Cedwyn further said that Environmental issues are now Earlier, Col. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.) while welcoming the
becoming important to the public and the companies are key speaker said that CMA is devoted to the cause of
now looking as to how they can make their supply chains professional management and would try to bring various
greener. Elaborating, he said that packaging materials are experts to talk on emerging concepts of management for
used every day in almost every company that the benefit of industry and trade.

Prof. Bhagat Ram, Dean of ICFAI, summing up the session

Sad demise of Dr. S.P.Singh, Past President of CMA

Dr. S.P.Singh, Past President of CMA, former chairman of University Business School, Chandigarh
and a mentor of Aryan Business School has passed away on 01 October, 2009 after a prolonged
illness. Dr. Singh will be remembered for his gentlemanliness, lucidity in spoken expression; an
exponent of various management doctrines, philosopher and friend of many. His demise is a
great loss to the management fraternity in general and CMA in particular. Let us pray for his soul
to rest in peace and give strength to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss.
Many CMA members have expressed their grief by sending their condolence messages to the
CMA blog. (http://cmaupdate.blogspot.com/).
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Glimpses of World Tourism Day Celebrates at ITFT College Campus

Forthcoming Event

CMA to celebrate Dhanavantri Divas on 15th October -09

As an interface on “Life Style Management through Ayurveda”
CMA is celeberating Dhanvantri Day on 15th October. Sh Satish Chandra, IAS, Hon'ble Secretary
Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Punjab. The event is being sponsored by ITFT College.
Ayurveda is a spiritual science in itself. It is believed that Ayurveda, as a branch of the Vedas, is a
stream of the knowledge passed down from generation to generation since eternity, much in
the same way as Vedic literature and the Vedic scriptures were.
Lord Dhanvantari is known as the father of Ayurveda, since he was the first divine incarnation
to impart its wisdom amongst humans.
Birth day celebration of Lord Dhanvantari, the God of health, healing and cure, is celebrated
with great enthusiasm and happy environment, by the practitioners of the Ayurveda every
year, on Dhan Teras, two days before Deepwali.