JANUARY 2018 - JUNE 2018

Volume. I, Issue. II

From The Editor’s Desk

The department of MBA has
In This ISSUE come up with this volume 1 issue 2
From the Editor’s Desk of the e-Newsletter. The e-
AIMS Hub Newsletter gives the readers an
Certification Program insight into the achievements of
Accolade students and faculty members and
Harbor of Novice various events happening in the
Athlen 2k18 department.
Women’s Day Celebration
Ignite 2k18 .
Industrial Visit I am happy to be an Editorial Reviewer of the e-Newsletter and at
Proving their Ground the same time… privileged to release the second issue, January – June
Bidding Adieu
2018. It essentially includes Student Development Oriented activities like,
Academic Toppers
Training & Development Programs, Certificate Programs, Awards, and
Star Students
Valued Volunteers Ranks etc. We appreciate the students’ active involvement in bringing out
Mock Interview this second issue successfully.
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Readers can expect comprehensive and detailed readings about the
Star News
activities that have happened over the last few months and also activities
Forthcoming Event
which are scheduled to happen in the MBA department.

e-Newsletter is one source of information to all its readers about the MBA department at AIMS. Progress
and achievements of the department are portrayed in this e-Newsletter and it would be of value to the reader who is
keen in learning about the MBA department.

Enjoy reading through our MBA departments accomplishments.

Dr. Vijay Bhasker V. Associate Professor & Director - ACM

 The AIMS Hub
AIMS Centre for
International Liaison
Director – Dr. Ramesh Ayer
Faculty coordinator – Prof. Aravind
The main purpose of ACIL is to bridge between
AIMS – IHE and the other international universities.
This way, the students will get an exposure to the outside
world and the opportunity to learn more. AIMS
Institutes enjoys a close working relationship with 18
international Universities and educational institutions
spread across 5 continents from Canada in North
America to Japan in Far East Asia.
Two professors Dr. Jurijs Agafonovs and Prof.
Vilhelmine Brauna from Latvia State University visited
AIMS-IHE on 5th April, 2018 and delivered a lecture on
Supply Chain Management/ Intercultural
Communication.
Dr. Simon from UK University attended the
seminar in AIMS-IHE and delivered lecture on
Economics to BBA and B.Com students.
Dr. Somnath conducted the Accounting class,
IBCP in Jakarta, Indonesia and Dr. Srinath in Gandhi
Memorial Institution.
Three Professors Dr.Abdullah Lin from Malaysia,
Dr. Jurijs Agafonovs and Prof Vilhelmine Brauna from
Latvia, on 7th April 2018 have delivered 10 hours lecture
on the topics of Leadership and Human Resource
Management.
AIMS Centre for Student
Development
Director – Prof. Jyothirmayee
The ACSD mainly focuses on the
development of the students. They provide the
necessary training programs for the students by
conducting certification programs and make them
industry-ready.
The Centre is involved in all the VAP
(Value Added Program) that is conducted in the
college.
They are responsible for all the student
activities in the college like participation of
students in the inter-college fest, seminar, paper
presentation, and placement related training along
with internship.
ACSD is inter-related with all the student
development activities which will help the
students to become a better professional and also
will enhance their career.
AIMS Centre for
Research
Director – Dr. Jayaprakash Reddy
PhD admission and course work for the
academic year 2018-19, seven PhD scholars took
admission in AIMS Centre for advanced research
which is affiliated to university of Mysore. At
present, the coursework is in progress. Dr.
Saurabh Srivastava is the resource person for the
course work.
 ACR conducted its signature event,
Samshodhana 2018 for PG students and it was to
encourage research skills among the students. Eight
teams from MBA, MFA, MCA, and MA
departments had participated.
Dr. Jayaprakash Reddy, Program Director of
MBA department attended the International
Conference in Bangkok from 30th May to 2nd June,
2018 on ‘Contribution and Survival of SMEs’ in
India and Thailand conducted by NID, Bangkok.
ACR is planning to conduct workshop for
faculties as it will encourage faculty to write
proposals for JCSSR projects.
AIMS - Counseling and
AIMS
Entrepreneurship
Excellence Centre
Director – Dr. Saurabh Srivastava
The purpose of this focus centre is to build
an Entrepreneurial Eco System in AIMS. They
motivate, guide and inspire the younger generation
in AIMS, to become entrepreneurs.
AEEC has network with Entrepreneurship
Development Institute of India – EDII,
Ahmedabad National Entrepreneurship Network
– NEN. Association of Women
Entrepreneurs in Karnataka – AWAKE

Mentoring Activities

Release of Bi-annual magazine ‘Yashas’.

Director – Dr.Vijay Bhasker V
Annual NENE-week celebrations during February.
The purpose of ACM is to help students in Foundation day celebrations during April every
any kind for their personal and professional year. E-leaders intensive mentoring program. Inter
growth. In every year in the month of July, August and intra collegiate B-plan competitions.
and September are the three months where the
students are introduced to ACM as well as for the
student who choose their own path of Marketing,
HR etc. so that they can achieve wonders. ACM is
not only for students but, it is also for new faculty
members to improve their skills in counseling and
mentoring. ACM conduct mock GD and
Interviews for students to improve their skills and
face challenges with confidence to get placed in
esteemed companies.
Certification Programmes

Business Analytics

Conducted by Mr. Bharath Rajanna

AIMS ensure that students are future ready, so as part of that, Business Analytics which focuses on
developing new insights and understanding of business performance, the program of data and statistical
methods is conducted by Mr. Bharath Rajanna, CEO and founder of Edupinnacle. The program was for 60
hours with student strength of 191, for MBA department which began from 12th of March2018. It includes tools
and technologies, like, R software, Advanced Excel and Tableau, which is the necessity for the organization.

Soft Skills As communication is one of the most important aspects of

growth in the market, with the help of Mind Parkour, AIMERS
are receiving an essential skill that help uplift individual’s
behavior and enhance their people skills. Mr. Nitin Prabhakar, co-
founder of Mind Parkour and Ms. Shilpa is conducting soft skills
program for MBA and PGDM students (totaling 211 students) for
25 hours effective from 23rd of April 2018. Since, moving from
student to corporate/business world, the most critical time in an
individual’s life time, Mind Parkour helps the students in a right
manner in appropriately to assist students in achieving beyond
Conducted by Mr. Nitin Prabhakar
their imaginations.
and Ms. Shilpa
Supply Chain Management
Conducted by Prof. Ranganathan
AIMS as an augmentation program also
provided SCM for students who learnt about
interconnected and interlinking of networks and
channels, as it is an integral part of most businesses
and is essential for companies’ success and customer
satisfaction. It was conducted by Prof. Ranganathan,
Entrepreneurship Educator, Goldman Sachs - NEN
certified faculty mentor and professional business
coach. The program was conducted for 20 hours for a
total number of 109 students.
Accolade
:-
Dr. Kerron Reddy, Principal, AIMS - IHE received
the Lifetime Achievement award for AIMS Institutes
for best contribution in the field of education from
Dialogue India at Pune in June2018.
Banking Financial Service
and Insurance
Conducted by Stratadigm
As BFSI segment is a key component of
the nation’s service sector, AIMS along with
Stratadigm provided training to students for 25
hours. Faculty members were highly
accomplished professionals who has hands-on
industry experience with strong academic
ground. This course helps to get breakthroughs in
both the front office and back office roles. So, this
course also became an added bonus to the
budding career of AIMERS
Dr. Priyanandan Reddy, COO, AIMS -IHE, was
inducted as a professional member of Chaîne De
Rôtisseurs in June. It's among the world's oldest
associations formed by King Louis of France.
It is indeed a very proud moment to represent AIMS
on this platform
 Seminar on Standard Costing and Cost Variance

Students of AIMS IHE were fortunate to grab this opportunity and enhance their knowledge in this
area with some of the well-known personalities in this field who would share their experiences and
knowledge with them.

This seminar was conducted on 21st March 2018 at AIMS Auditorium and was scheduled from 2pm
to 5pm. The speakers of the seminar were Mr. Moosal Kazim and Mr. Sanjay Singh.

Mr. Kazim the CFO of UBS Kazakhstan is a very knowledgeable person and also has a very firm
grip on the subjects like budgeting, forecasting, reporting etc. He explained this with examples by which we
were able to understand it in an easy manner.

In extension to his speech, students were introduced to the CMA certification, the importance and
benefits of this certification and career opportunities that are open if one adopts this certification course. It
can be useful for anyone who is looking for a career in accounting and other related finance domains. Hence,
students got the information and were able to clear many of their doubts.

International Round Table Conference

The prime objective of ACS is to facilitate, collaborate and connect academia and industry through
progressive initiative in the field of sustainability and share the best practice, methodologies and technologies
adopted anywhere in the world.

The Round Table Conference which happened on 6th April, 2018 aimed towards bringing together
sustainability and circular economy experts from Europe and India, Academicians from Europe and India,
Senior level corporate executives, Manufacturing and Service industry experts, Economist , NGOs and
Government officials, who will discuss and debate the new role of circular economy to achieve global
sustainability.

ACS planned to have wide range of interactive interdisciplinary discussions by domain experts and
research paper presentations. RTC generated a better understanding, appreciation of the role of circular
economy in achieving global sustainability.
 Athlen 2K18

The department of B.Com organized a three

day sports event Athlen 2k18 from 6th to 8th of
March. It was an intra collegiate competition where
the students of MBA department participated in
various sports like kabaddi, basketball, throw ball,
ring tennis, etc. and won the overall championship
trophy on 8th March, 2018.

Celebrating Women’s Day

“A strong woman
stands up for herself. A
stronger woman stands up for
everybody else. A strong
woman is one who feels deeply
and loves fiercely. Her tears
flow as abundantly as her
laughter. A strong woman is
both soft and powerful, she is
both practical and spiritual. A
strong woman in her essence is
a gift to the world.”

Yes, the Women's Day celebration in AIMS campus happened on 19th March, 2018 in the auditorium.
It was a glorious event where the women of AIMS campus came together to celebrate their womanhood. There
were various programs like singing, dancing, fashion show and games. All the beautiful ladies from different
departments came together and made this event a very successful one! Kudos to all the beautiful ladies out there!
 Ignite… the spark in you!

The HR club Ataraxia organized an intra-
collegiate fest, Ignite – the spark in you, on 11th and
12th of April 2018 in the auditorium, AIMS – IHE.
Students from various departments of AIMS-IHE
participated in the competition enthusiastically. The
main motto of this fest Ignite was to involve all the
departments in one umbrella and help the students
to exhibit and polish the HR and overall skills in
them.
Various committees for the fest such as
planning committee, decoration committee, stalls
committee, invitation committee, certificate
committee and technical committee were formed.
The committees consisted of faculty members,
students of 2nd and 4th semester of MBA. The panel
members for the competition were the college
alumni who in their busy schedule, made time to be
a part of the HR fest. The panel members were Mr.
Nitin Prabhakar, Mr. Amit Mall, Mr. Bharath
Rajanna, Ms, Sumalatha, Ms. Tulsi Dey, Mr. Sambit
Patnaik and Mr. Abhishek Savvanur.

The competition had a total of 5 rounds

where there was elimination in each round. The
rounds were completely based on the HR topics.
Five teams out of forty eight teams were shortlisted
for the last round.

There was a strong competition that was been

observed between the teams with the very marginal
difference of score. The team from BBA, Mr.
Mohammed Yasir and Mr. Chetan became the
winner and were awarded with the trophies and cash
prize of Rs. 1,000 each. Mr. Girish and Mr. Biswajit
being the first runner up from MBA were awarded
with trophies and cash prize of Rs. 750 each. Mr.
Nadeem and Mr. Manuram being the second runner
up from MBA were awarded with trophies and cash
prize of Rs.500 each.
 Ignite, did not end here. The fun of
putting up the stalls by the students of AIMS-IHE
spread all over the college on the second day.
Various students and faculty members actively
took part in all the stalls which made the day
harmonious. The stall members gave their best in
everything they could.

The picture with faculty members, panel members, prize winners and the committee members

The winner of the best stall award was given to Ms. Nirmali, Ms. Dolly, Ms. Manorama and Ms. Razia
of MBA department. They prepared and offered most delicious food stall with wonderful time management
and coordination of the team members. The fest turned out to be a successful one because of the team work,
every individual had contributed towards the fest. And this was possible by the support of the faculty members
of the department and especially the backbone of the HR club Ataraxia, Prof. Kalpana Venugopal who has
always encouraged and motivated students for the betterment of their career.
 Industrial Visit

The students were ready for the industrial visit to the UNIBIC Industries in May 2018 with full
enthusiasm. Mr. Mehtab of Corporate and Public Relations and Mr. Sandesh Bhat, Professor of MBA
department were the faculty members who accompanied the students to the UNIBIC Factory. The
students were taken inside the UNIBIC Factory where the Quality Executive gave us an insight about
the UNIBIC Factory. Students learnt about the various processes followed to make the delicious
cookies from the mixing of the dough to the packing of the cookies in attractive wrappers. It was indeed
a learning experience for AIMERS!

Proving Their Grounds

The college fest is the event that students eagerly
wait to showcase their talent and experience new ideas.

AIMS believe in encouraging students to participate in external activities, where they can explore themselves
in technical, cultural, management fest and get to learn more beyond the academics by attending workshops.
Conference, seminars organized by industry experts.
 The students of MBA department participated in the management competition MIME ECLAT by Jain
University which was held on 23rd and 24th of March 2018. The Best Management Team competition had
various tasks to be done for two days and the winners of this competition were from AIMS Institutes. The
winners are Shaik Abdul Nadeem Rabani, Nailesh Chikkamath and Suraj Mangale.

A group of aspiring students went to the AIT campus with a hope to win the management and cultural fest
so held. The fest was held on 17th of May. A bunch of MBA Student participated in different event such as
Finance, Synergy, Business Quiz, HR, and Marketing. It was great to see that the students performed really well
and not just they won in their area of interest but they also won the house cup for the college. The students who
won prizes were
1st Prize in SYNERGY: Rahul Roshan, Akshay Patil, Kaushik Roy, Rohit Singh.

1st Prize in Business Quiz: Deppesh Raj, Naveen Sharma.

2nd Prize in Finance: Yamini Garg, Utkersh Abhishek.

They were given certificates and cash prize by the chief guest. The conduction of this National Level
Intercollegiate Management and Cultural fest was called as “EXUBERANCE”
 Bidding Adieu…

AIMS Institutes on 12th June2018 celebrated the most joyous day, as the PG Graduation Day,
congratulating and wishing all the final year PG students to soar high in their career. The occasion was
inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. C C Lakshmanan, ITC Ltd. Chief Scientist, Research & Technology,
Research and development, Guest of Honor : Mr. AK Tareen, Trade & Investment, Sultanate of Oman
and Former Senior Trade Commissioner Government of Australia, Dr. Kerron Reddy - Principal and
Dr. Sheri Kurian - Registrar. The students were really excited to put on the robes and march towards
the auditorium to warmly welcome the new beginning- their life. The guests on the dice encouraged the
students to move forward and not to lose heart when they see slight failure in their career path.

After the inauguration ceremony the

students were awarded with prizes, with their
proud parents’ witnessing. In the afternoon,
the Ceremony began with the PG farewell,
where the juniors warmly wished their
seniors ‘all the best’ for their future, shared
videos and pictures of their memories that
they have had and encouraged them to fulfil
their dreams.
 There was the cultural program where students from all the departments participated in
singing, dancing, mad-ads, mimicry and games. It was a joyous event where the students and
faculty members had a great time together!

Academic Toppers
Topper I : Ms. Sumanam Sri Bhargavi
Register Number : 17SKCMD169
Percentage : 75.5%

Topper II : Ms. Kami Reddy Naveena

Register Number : 17SKCMD065
Percentage : 75.1%

Topper III : Ms. Kavya M

Register Number : 17SKCMD069
Percentage : 74.7%
 Academic Toppers

Topper I : Shashidhar Bhat

Register Number : 16SKCMD159
st
Achievements : CGPA OF1 SEM-7.08
ND
CGPA OF 2 SEM-7.77

Topper II : Rajat Akkai

Register Number : 16SKCMD121
Achievements : I SEM: 7.12 CGPA
II SEM: 7.77 CGPA

Topper III : Mahalaxmi Hadagali

Register Number : 16SKCMD079
st
Achievements : CGPA OF1 SEM-7.31
ND
CGPA OF 2 SEM-7.46
 Star Students
MBA Best Outgoing Student 2016-18
Name : RAJAT AKKI
Register Number : 16SKCMD121
Achievements : CFA- National level
Speak for India- District Level
st
Won 1 prize place in Samshodhana, Elocution, Skit, Debate at Intra
college level fests.
Internships: Lamp In, Nandini, Trinity
Placements: Siemens, Simply Learn, Trinity
Worked on Business plan under AEEC
Executive member of E- Newsletter
Co-ordinated with faculties at various different levels of research
Been at the core team, hosted and anchored different fests and occasions

MBA Best Contributor to the Department 2016-18

Name : Sruthy Shah
Register Number : 16SKCMD176
Achievements :
‘Best Manager’, Juventus, DCMAT, Kerala
‘Best Manager’, SIMS, Bangalore
‘Best Manager’, Soundarya Institute of Management, Bangalore
‘Best Marketer’, Ramaiah University Management Fest
Title Winner, Essay Writing Competition by Punjab National Bank
PGPIB Second Topper
President, AMIGOS Marketing Club, AIMS
Presented papers on GST and Emotional Intelligence
Volunteered and organised a number of college activities
Student Coordinator, ACSD, AIMS IHE
Currently working as the Project Manager, Machine Learning Services,
Sprinklr
 MBA- BEST PLACEMENT 2016-18
Name : Yash Surendra Oza
Register Number : 16SKCMD201
Achievements : Placed in Naukri.com
Best Business Plan at Soundarya Institute of Management
Best Management Team at Tzirallum by DC School of Management
Participated in Best Marketing team in Quest conducted by BMS
College of engineering

PGPIB- Academic Topper 1

Name : Samran Sing Syiem

Register Number : 16SKCMD147
st
Achievements : 1 Semester CGPA: 6.2
ND
2 Semester CGPA: 7
PGPIB : 86% outstanding

PGPIB- Academic Topper 2

Name : Rony V Joy

Register Number : 16SKCMD134
st
Achievements : 1 Semester CGPA – 6.9
nd
2 Semester CGPA – 7.1
PGPIB : 82% - distinction
 PGDM- BEST PLACEMENT 2016-18

Name : Chayanika Roy

Register Number: B21710046
Achievements : Placed in Simply Learn

Valued Volunteers

The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bangalore had organized a one
day event FKCCI CSR Conference and Awards 2018 on 21st June 2018. Fifty students from MBA
department were selected to be the volunteers for that day. Students got an opportunity to learn from the talks
from various dignitaries present that day. Various awards for the best CSR implementation in their respective
companies was recognized and awarded.
 The Concours de Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs
India 2018 was conducted in June at The Lalit Ashok,
Bangalore. Six students from MBA department were
selected to be the volunteers for the same. The
competition was for one day where the young chefs
had come from different institutions to participate and
win the prize!

Mock Interview

The students of MBA department were offered

with a very good opportunity to learn and improve their skills in the
interview. MBA department in collaboration with Mind Parkour had
organized a Mock Interview on 23rd of June2018. The students
attended the interview, where-in, the interviewer asked the
questions to the student and interviewed just as it would happen in
the real world.

The students benefited greatly from this and learnt a lot and became
more industry ready for the future!
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Throughout the year C and PR were able bring in big players in the market to our college
for placements and internship. Few of the big names among them are Amazon, ITC, Axis Bank
etc. More than 80% of the students got placements from a highest package of 12 lakhs and an
average of 4.5 lakhs.

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SHARATHKUMARA K R SUMAN SHARMA HARSHITA SRIVASTAVA
ANNAPPAGOUDA B VINAKYA M
ICICI
GOUDAR LIJO
MATHUNNY DIPAK PRUDENTIAL
ICICI SECURITIES
KADAMKODAN
KRISHNA UPPAR
SASHIDHAR BHAT
GRAB ON RENT VIVEK HALAKATTI
PEOPLE
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EDUCATION
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YUVRAJ KOTI PRASHANTH BASVARAJ

HARSH WADERA

Our C and PR were also able to bring in many best names in the market for internship
for the 1st year students.

Amazon selected Ms. Jhansi of 2nd SEM.

Saint Gobain:- Mr. Surya, Mr. Joydeep, Mr. Gokul and Mr. Ankit Paul got selected. More
companies are still lined up to visit the AIMS Campus.
Star News

Prof. Kalpana Venugopal, Program Manager,

MBA department participated in the HRWiz competition
conducted by NHRD, Bangalore and won the gift
voucher of Rs. 1000 on 28th May, 2018.

Forthcoming Event
Social Business Day showcases the concept of social business with leading experts in
the field. The annual event attracts the participation of international and local actors, corporate
and social leaders, NGOs, students, and innovators, and connects them with the social business
network. It also creates an opportunity for participants to engage in different interactive plenary
sessions and workshops to broaden their understanding in specific areas of interest.

Social Business Day is an annual conference hosted by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof.
Muhammad Yunus. This is the first time it is being hosted in India on 28th and 29th of June
2018 in Infosys Campus, Bangalore.
Editorial Team
Chairman & Director
Dr. R Jayprakash Reddy

Faculty Initiator
Prof. Kalpana Venugopal

Member Secretary
Prof. Sandesh Bhat

Editorial Reviewer
Dr. Vijay Bhasker V.

Executive Members
Annet Priyanka P
Rajesh Bhat M R

Editorial Members
Akshay Kolipara
Gibin George
Nailesh Kumar
Rini Ansa Joseph
Sonali Srivastava
Suraj Mangle
Yamini Garg