IIM Ranchi

IIM RANCHI Parable

NOVEMBER 2014

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1

IIM Ranchi Welcomes its New Director

It was a momentous occasion for all concerned
when Dr. Anindya Sen,
the new Director of IIM
Ranchi took the podium
to address his students
for the first time at IIM
Ranchi. Dr. Sen, who is a
distinguished academician in the field of Economics and a professor at
IIM Calcutta will be
heading IIM Ranchi
from now on, leading it
towards a new horizon of
glory and excellence.

The students at IIM Ranchi

decided to welcome their
new Director with an interactive batch meeting with
all the students of IIM
Ranchi. The event commenced with a short address by Chetan Ingaleshwar, the President of
the Student Council, introducing the Director to the
batch. This was followed
by a speech by Parijat
Gaur, the Class Representative of the HR batch,
where he beautifully illustrated IIM Ranchis journey
through the years. Adarsh
K A M, Literary Club Executive, carried forward the
event by highlighting the
achievements and glories
amassed by the students of
this institute thus far.
The stage was then perfectly set for Dr. Sen to take

Special points of
interest:
Address by Dr. Anindya
Sen
IIMR Shines in MWR
IIMR Hosts RPG Blizzard
Social Responsibility at
IIMR

over and so he did by giving a brief introduction

about himself to the batch.
Professor Sen talked about
the plans ahead and how it
was absolutely necessary
for the students to carry on
the legacy of IIM Ranchi
by putting in hard work
and passion in curricular as
well as extra-curricular
activities. He went on to
further talk about how he
was confident that IIM
Ranchi would shine
through despite having
infrastructural constraints.
Dr. Sen promised to fast
track the process of building a permanent campus by
clearing all impending bottlenecks in a systematic
manner. He implored the
students to make full use of
their time at such a prestigious institute as the learning would have a bearing
on their entire lives. He
cautioned the students to
not be limited by myopic

short term goals and encouraged them to be visionary leaders capable of

taking the world forward.
The event was aptly concluded with a vote of
thanks read out by Abhishek Praveen, member of
the Student Council. This
welcoming ceremony energized all members present
to work harder in order to
help IIM Ranchi scale new
heights.

Inside this issue:

Directors Address

Mahindra War Room

RPG Blizzard

Swaccha Bharat

Editors Message

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Page 2

IIM Ranchi wins Mahindra War Room North Zone

Excellence is
an art won by
training and
habituation. We
do not act
rightly because
we have virtue
or excellence,
but we rather
have those
IIM Ranchi students achieved
glory in Mahindra War Room yet
again. Mahindra War Room is
the flagship competition conducted by the Mahindra Group
across B-Schools of India. On
the basis of the Mahindra
Group's "War Room" practice,
used as a major tool to engineer
the transformation of the
Group, a campus version called
'Mahindra War Room' was created.
Mahindra War Room, first commissioned in 2007, is Mahindra's
spearhead campaign, rolled out
in top Business Schools in India,
to create excitement and transform perceptions, while attracting and engaging top notch Bschool talent to creatively respond to live and realistic business issues through a fair and
rigorous process of evaluation. Students form 4-member
teams to solve these challenging
caselets and generate realistic
solutions in six months of intense planning and execution.

Like every year, this year also

Mahindra War Room saw significant participation from IIM
Ranchi. Last year the IIM Underdogs from IIM Ranchi became champions of Mahindra
War Room. This year their legacy was kept alive by the IIM
Ranchi Carpet Bombers who
blew the judges minds in the
North Zone round of Mahindra
War Room. The Carpet Bombers proposed a very innovative
solution for Mahindras caselet
on after-market of cars. The
team consisting of Ron Babu
John, Krunal Patel, Abhijoy
Sarkar and Nitin Ningaiah went
on to become the champions of
North Zone, Mahindra War
Room 2014. But they were not
the only team from IIM Ranchi
to shine bright. Bhavana Pandey,
from team Recycleables, IIM
Ranchi was awarded the title of
Best Presenter. Her team created
a solution for the caselet
Namaste which dealt with
training and development pro-

grams for employing the unemployable.

Indian Institute of Management
Ranchi continues to uphold its
tradition of excellence at different pan-India competitions
through talent, hard work and
dedication.

QUIZ Gurus of IIMR:

because we have
acted rightly.
We are what we
repeatedly do.
Excellence,
then, is not an
act but a habit.

IIM Ranchi students won

Spice Route, an intercollege quiz contest conducted by Backwater, the
Annual Management Festival of IIM Kozhikode.

The first prize was awarded

to Jinson Chacko. Saurav
Mukhopadhyay and Abhishek Tripathy won the
second prize.

-Aristotle

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IIM Ranchi Hosts RPG Blizzard

On 6th of November 2014, IIM

to present their solutions followed by a round of questioning

Ranchi played host to the third

season of RPGs flagship Bschool competition, Blizzard.
Blizzard 3.0 is RPGs biggest
student-engagement programme
that students in all leading Indian
B-schools eagerly wait for each
year.

by the judges and the audience.

prize of Rs. 20,000.

Nothing is
impossible, the
word itself says
'I'm possible'!
-Audrey Hepburn

As part of the competition, students were presented with a

business situation and were
asked to propose possible solutions or courses of action. The
event was graced by Mr. Rakesh
Amol, President of KEC Infrastructure. The top 5 teams were
given an opportunity to present
their solution in front of him
and a panel of expert judges.
Each team, comprising of 3
members, was given 15 minutes

All 5 teams fought hard for the

winning title. But in the end it
was Team Spartans comprising of Priyesh Thakur, Ashutosh
Singh and Krunal Patel that
made it to the top. They received
the coveted PPI opportunity
from RPG along with a cash
prize of Rs. 50,000. They also
received a chance to represent
IIM Ranchi at the national level
where they will now be competing with winners from other top
B-Schools for the ultimate title
of RPG Campus Experts.
Team Stoned Pilots comprising of Himanshu Lohani, Sahib
Singh Oberoi and Durga Prasad
Singh were adjudged the runners
-up of the event and bagged a

The judges were immensely impressed with the quality and

preparedness of the teams and
remarked that the students of
IIM Ranchi are sure to leave
their mark on such prestigious
platforms for years to come.

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IIM RANCHI PARTICIPATES IN SWACHCHA BHARAT ABHIYAAN

If I cannot do
great things, I
Indian Institute of Management
Ranchi embraced PM Narendra
Modis Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan with great passion and
zeal. Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan, the recent ruling of the
HRD Ministry on cleanliness
drives in organizations inspired
Samarpan, IIM Ranchis Corporate Social Responsibility club
to join this national initiative.
Rather aptly, the club initiated
the drive on 2nd of October,
Mahatma Gandhis 145th
birthday.
The drive began with a pledge
on cleanliness. As a part of
the campaign, students, faculty and staff of IIM Ranchi
took an oath to clean the
college and hostel premises.
The drive saw the students
taking brooms and buckets to
dirty fields and corners.
In the coming months IIM
Ranchi will conduct various
events and drives through
Samarpan club to create
awareness on cleanliness,
sanitation and public hy-

can do small

giene.
Some of the notable events being carried out are Zero food
wastage challenge, visits to
village in and around Ranchi to
create awareness among people
and specially the school-going
kids through nukkad natak, flash
mobs and various inter B-School
competition on the theme of
sanitation.
Since its inception, IIM Ranchi

has been associated with activities that aim for inclusive growth
and sustainable development.
Being a part of Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan further strengthens this mission of the institute
to strive for holistic development of individual and society at
large.

things in a great
way
Martin Luther
King Jr.

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IIM Ranchi

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, RANCHI

Indian Institute of Management

Ranchi
Suchana Bhawan,
5th Floor, Audrey House
Campus,
Meurs Road, Ranchi 834 008

The ninth Indian Institute of Management was established at Ranchi in 2010. This was made possible
with the extensive support of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and the Government of Jharkhand, working under the guidance of Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
We started at a time when competition and aggression was prevalent in management education. Understanding the need to incorporate right values in young minds, IIMR was started to incorporate right values in
young minds and impart education for the information age that encourages networking and collaborative
advantage.
IIM Ranchi currently offers a two year PGDM in General management and another two year fulltime
programme on Human Resources Management (PGDHRM), Fellow Program in Management and 18
month part time Diploma in Management (PGEXP). We have also launched a certified Barefoot Manger
program to promote entrepreneurship and to impart livelihood skills among the school drop outs and illiterates.
Our Programs are different and we are an institute with a difference

Letter from the Editor

Change is the only constant
We are continuously floating on
a sea of change. Sometimes we
drift with the flow of the tide
and sometimes we fight against
it. But almost all the time, we
are moving. There is never a
stationary moment, never any
respite from the swaying motions.
Change is inevitable. The seasons change in a never ending
cycle and so do our lives. In
this fast paced world, we barely
have time to collect our
thoughts before we are swept
away by the next tide. Societies
transform, empires topple, governments are replaced and we
say that there has been a
change. But is it a positive or a

negative change? Who decides?

Are we worthy of judging the
nature of this change? Do we
even feel a difference? All that
was before is history, and all
that is now is uncertainty.
But, what we achieve before the
impending transition remains
immortal and the direction of
transformation is in our own
hands. Change is an inflection
point where one entity ends
and another begins. Thus
change is not just the mourning
of a great loss; it is also a celebration of new beginnings.
This past month IIM Ranchi
has witnessed a plethora of
changes. Under new leadership,
the young fledglings have taken
over the responsibilities held by
great stalwarts. They have

bright eyes and bright ideas, yet

they still seek the wisdom and
guidance of their predecessors.
In congruence with this change,
this magazine is also entering a
new chapter, led by new editors. IIM Ranchis Literary Club
is proud to take the Parable
legacy forward. We thank our
colleagues of the Media PR Cell
for establishing such standards
of excellence.
-The Editorial Team
On Behalf of
Literary Club
IIM Ranchi