March 11

Director's note
SIOM experienced another eventful year with lots of activity on and off the campus. Initiatives like Joy Fest, Rang De, SIFE projects, HR Summit all added to the experiential and fun filled learning. The Society of Operation Management (SOM) Nashik chapter was also flagged off. We hope to initiate research and value adding lecture series enhancing the creation and dissemination of Body of Operations Knowledge. The STAR News award for Best Industry related syllabus in Operations Management has encouraged us to constantly prove ourselves as best competency building institution in Operations Management. Tattv 10 and the lectures by Prof. Okuda Kazuhiko from Ferris University, Japan and Prof. Dr. Arun Jamkar from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences were indeed a treat to the students. Our poise to welcome the new academic year is confident with restructured syllabus, deep thrust on Faculty research and increased faculty strength. The ERP implementation will fortify our systems. Dr. S B Mujumdar's 75 years - Each one a "Renaissance" - "As part of the 75th Birth year Celebrations of Dr. S B Mujumdar, Founder President of Symbiosis, SIOM, Nashik conducted a blood donation by staff, faculty & students. Students also engaged themselves in various social projects, reaching out to the less privileged. To remind ourselves Sir's vision of " Vasudhaiva Kutumbakkam", a botanical garden of rare plant species will be developed on the campus." I am glad to announce that SIOM is organizing the 10th International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management (ICOQM10) on 28th June 30th June 2011 on Building World Class Operations Management - Issues, Challenges & Opportunities along with AIMS International. The conference will also be supported by the International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management (www.ijoqm.org) and AIMS International Journal of Management. The last ICOQM was organized by College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and the previous ones have been hosted by Assumption University (Bangkok), Indian Institute of Management Indore (India), Hanyang University (S. Korea), University of Western Sydney (Australia), Institute of Management Ahmedabad (India) and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan). We await to welcome the SIOM fraternity of practitioners and academicians. I am happy to share with you the happenings at SIOM and look forward to your feedback on the same, Happy reading!! Dr. Vandana Sonwaney Director

SIOM Bags Star News National B-School with the Best Curriculum in Operations Management Award 2011
12 February: At a glittering function held at TAJ LANDS END, Bandra , STAR NEWS organized ,for the first time, an event to recognize the BSchools which offer excellence to the industry through quality education.
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Students Mr. Rahul Chaudhary & Mr. Rahul Guha (MBA 10-12) receiving the Star News National B- School Award.

The event was held to recognize and emphasize the role the management institutes will play in the scenario of businesses across the globe looking up to India as the new destination for the expansion of their operations. Awards were distributed across 18 categories to felicitate the B-Schools who strive to make a difference. SIOM bagged the honors of being The B-School with the Best Curriculum in Operations Management. This was the third event where the dynamic curriculum of SIOM was acknowledged. Mr Ashok Venkataramani (CEO, Media & Communications Services Pvt Ltd) presided over the event. He spoke highly on the importance of quality management education in India. He was of the view that talented and efficient workforce will be of great importance in propelling the country on a path of unparalleled economic growth. - Rahul Chaudhary (MBA 10-12)

Forum For Free Enterprise

In association with the Forum of Free Enterprise, SIOM had arranged a Presentation Contest for Management Students in Nashik, on 20th January 2011 at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management Nasik . The participants from various Management colleges like Moonje Institute of Management, Matoshri College of Management & Research, IMRT college of Management, MET of Management, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management did presentation on the 7th Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Lecture by Prof. C.K. Prahalad in January 2010 In this event First prize was won by SIOM, Second prize was won by IMRT college of Management and Third prize was won by Moonje Institute of Management. The Contest was sponsored by Central Bank of India with the object of encouraging the management students to analyze, discuss and make presentations on important subjects and books.

SIOM's Annual Event Drishti 2011 Leaves Everybody Enchanted

Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management spelt magic in its sixth edition of Drishti this year. Drishti 2011 which was sponsored by Atlas Copco saw a host of technical and cultural events which had BSchools participating from all across the country including IIM-A, IIFT-Delhi, NITIE, JBIMS, Great Lakes, FORE, SIBM, K.J.Somaiya, MICA, NIRMA and Welingkar amongst others. With magic as its theme for the year, Drishti clearly cast a spell on everyone from Jan 15 Jan 16, 2011. The two day event succeeded at putting theory to practice and bringing management concepts alive with its flagship event Maestro and other business events including Nimbus, Simulacrum. Gautam Bhimani stepped up the magic quotient as he hosted Inquizitive a quiz show. Indian rock band Prayag enthralled the audience with its electrifying performance. Drishti 2011 had Dr.Nikhil Gupta, DCP Nashik as the Chief Guest; Mr.C.Pandit, GM, Atlas Copco India and Mr. Mark Hosley, Business Controller, Atlas Copco as Guests of Honour. Director Dr.Vandana Sonwaney acknowledged the efforts by Ronak Shah, Convenor for the event and the entire Drishti team for putting up a good show! - Rucha Pimprikar (MBA 10-12)

Professor of Ferris University, Mr. Okuda Kazuhiko from Japan visits SIOM
Mr. Okuda Kazuhiko who is a senior faculty of Ferris University, Japan and is specialised in teaching Global and International Studies gave a session on Japanese growth and innovation at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik. Mr. Kazuhiko, who was the member of Organizing committee for the UN Global Seminar, a visiting Professor at Boston University, Boston and has also written many articles on economics, Free Trade Negotiations and Operations enlightened the students with the growth history of Japan and how it came out of a difficult situation and excelled in everything they did. When asked why Yen is such a strong currency in the world market he replied that it is due to presumably largely related to carry trade. In the last few years many institutional investors borrowed yen at very cheap interest rates and used it to invest in other countries where the returns were higher. Now with the financial crisis, the stock market is down, returns are less due to lowering of base rates, investments looking more risky, the need

for cash is high to cover write downs. Therefore a lot of these loans are being repaid. However, to repay they need to buy Yen, so due to high demand the yen has appreciated. It looks even more severe when compared to some countries like UK pound where the currency has significantly depreciated as even is the case with the dollar. He told the Symbiosis Students about Suzuki which he illustrated that in 1909, Michio Suzuki founded the Suzuki Loom Works in the small seacoast village of Hamamatsu, Japan. Business boomed as Suzuki built weaving looms for Japan's giant silk industry. In 1929, Michio Suzuki invented a new type of weaving machine, which was exported overseas. Suzuki filed as many as 120 patents and utility model rights. By 1954, Suzuki was producing 6,000 motorcycles per month and had officially changed its name to Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. Following the success of its first motorcycles, Suzuki created an even more successful automobile: the 1955 Suzuki Suzulight. The session consisted of the growth story of Japan and which consisted of Presentations and videos. The students got an overview of how Yen maintains its value in the world market and the growth story of Suzuki as well as of Japan. - Nitichandra Ingle (MBA 10-12)

Mr. Bhogle of the Nirlep group addresses students of SIOM

Mr. Ram Bhogle who heads Nirlep Appliances Ltd - a company manufacturing Nirlep Nonstick cookware addressed the students of SIOM on Aug 16, 2010. The underlying objective of this lecture was to focus on entrepreneurship and its challenges. Mr. Ram Bhogle, a mechanical engineer from Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad spoke about how he took the reins of the business which was not in a good shape then and how he turned it around in due course. He stressed on the fact that the sole aim of any business should be to add value. He also Mr. Ram Bhogale being honored by emphasized the importance of ethics in business and how it Dr. Vandana Sonwaney always helps in the long run. Mr. Bhogle gave valuable insights on what goes behind the making of an entrepreneur. He also answered various questions posed by the budding managers of SIOM. All in all, the lecture achieved its aim of bringing the focus back on entrepreneurship. The E-cell at SIOM facilitates such lectures from entrepreneurs as part of its initiatives to promote entrepreneurship.

Dr. Gerard F. Farias @ SIOM

Dr. Gerard F. Farias the FDU representative on the United Nations NGO Committee on Sustainable development addressed the students on how the businesses can integrate sustainability into their strategies and operations and will also emphasize the importance of developing leadership, values and commitment that are aligned with sustainability. The fundamental idea of the session was to bring in different prospective & make students ponder about the implications of an environment which is not sustainable & thus strive towards a better secure & sustainable environment. -Rucha Pimprikar (MBA 10-12)

Dr. Gerard F. Farias @ SIOM

Achieving Operational Excellence through People - The HR Summit

We are highly elated to announce that our Maiden Seminar scheduled on 4th September 2011 at Ramada Plaza, Juhu, on Achieving Operational Excellence through People saw grand success. The response from corporate houses and human resource professionals across India was really encouraging. The seminar covered major issues faced by the HR HR Summit 2010 function in India. Honorable Chief Guest, Mr. Rajiv Dubey, After-Market & Corporate Services & Member of the Group Management Board, Mahindra & Mahindra enlightened us with his experiences speaking about people, competitiveness, modern day challenges of the HR function and how HR and Operations can amalgamate to facilitate the process of achieving business objectives. The first session on Lean HR practices was graced by: Session Chair: Sharad Gangal- Executive Vice President (HR/IR/Admn), Thermax Ltd, DC Mandlic -General Manager-(P&A), Larsen & Toubro, Dhananjay Bansod-Chief People Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Indi., Pankaj Bansal-Co Founder and CEO, People Strong HR Services. This session broadened our perspectives on how implementing Lean in HR can be a powerful transformational tool, paving a road towards higher efficiency and productivity. The Second Session excavated ideas on how Being an Employer of Choice A Tight Rope Walk in these Dynamic Times The session was graced by the following dignitaries: Session Chair: K S Sarma-Principal Consultant, Minvesta Infotech Ltd,Lancelot Cutinha-Vice President-HR, Reliance Broadcast, Harsh Bhosale-Vice President-HR, Saint Gobain India, Hemal J. Thakkar Director HR, Legal, Admin & EDP Dwaraka Group. , The speakers in this session brought out live industry illustrations on how industries combat with the dynamism of the recent business scenario. They spoke on how being a preferred employer is possible only treating employees as internal customers and drawing a fine line of demarcation between them and the external customers. The Third session delved deep into the Business need for Operations Management Session Chair: Marcel R Parker-Chairman, IKYA Human Capital Solutions, Anil Gaur-GM-HR, Maruti Suzuki Ltd.,Vijay Deshpande - Executive Vice President - HR, Greaves Cotton Ltd., Dr. Tanaya Mishra-Chief People Officer, ACC Concrete. The speakers in this session brought out the Business Need for Operations Management through exemplifications from industries and personal experiences. This session gave us an insight on how Operations management is important in any kind of organization, be it manufacturer or service providers, irrespective of the size. The Fourth session was on Business Strategy-HR Still a Functional silo? The speakers for the session were: Session Chair: Vineet Kaul-Chief People Officer, Hindalco Industries, Dr Raj Dravid-Chief Operations (Skills Initiatives), IL & FS, Mr. Rajiv Oza- Director HR, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Ms. Shalaka. The session broadened our views on how the HR function of modern times can merge into mainstream business operations and organizational operations. Speakers also threw light on how mergers of companies need to handle the final sculpting of HR policies to bring out a better work ambience. We extend our heartiest gratitude to everyone who took keen interest in the HR summit which gave it a fantastic start! -By Dinesh Sharma Core coordinator HR Summit (MBA 09-11)

An Insight on the Disaster Management and Human Skills for SIOM students
Prof. Dr. Arun Jamkar a renowned professor and a surgeon in the medical world gave a lecture to students at SIOM. He received 'word of praise' from the Govt. Of Maharashtra for his able administrative and management skill in drastic H1N1 upsurge in Pune with ventilator management the first in India. He has also delivered several guest lectures, orations and hundreds of research papers in various national and international Prof. Dr. Arun Jamkar being felicitated by conferences. Dr. Vandana Sonwaney. He encouraged students to help the needy during crisis, he said that the basic thing during these times is to keep calm and act according to the demand of the situation. He gave many tips and advised the students regarding all the activities which they should be performing during given a particular situation. Management plays a very crucial role under these circumstances and these are the times when the true manager or the leader emerges, to support the statement, he gave numerous examples from his work experience which sure were breath taking. - Nitichandra Ingle (MBA 10-12)

RampagerZ in IMT Ghaziabad

Veni, Vidi, Vici (We came, We saw, We conquered) Date- 11th Feb' 2011 to 13th Feb' 2011 It was quite an experience going to Delhi, to the land of India gate and chats. But it was for a purpose this timeto the grounds of IMT Ghaziabad for Chakravyuh, the annual sports event. It was marked by a lot of sport events in which teams from all over India had come to compete. The inauguration ceremony was a formal introduction of all the teams in IMT's huge foot ball ground followed by Dr. Ashish Phulkar (SIU Sports Director), Mr. Nilesh Dham an informal introduction where members from each team (SID, Pune) , with the 25 member contingent for were called upon to rag each other. The SIOM team IMT Ghaziabad, along with SIOM members comprised of 19 boys and 6 girls ready with their weapons to battle it out in various events such as Cricket, Badminton, Throwball, Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Table Tennis and Lawn Tennis, and several surprise events. The first cricket match started with a sense of apprehension but after winning the first match, there was no looking back for the boys. Wickets fallings and runs pouring in, a fierce determination and an unbeatable attitude in each player's mind, this was what made the team clear 5 rounds and win the finals. This was the first time that a SIOM team has won the finals in a sports meet. Out team made it possible during Chakravyuh, the annual sports festival of IMT Ghaziabad and thus imprinted their names in the book of history. Our cricket team created history by winning the finals and returned with a smile of victory on their face and the trophy in their hands. In all, the three days spent over there were exciting and memorable for the 25 students who went there. We won a few, lost a few, but our teams battled on till the end with confidence and a sense of sportsmanship. - Mankaran Singh (MBA 10-12)

Students achievements
Student Name Ghanshyam Meena (along with team members) Ghanshyam Meena (along with team members) Snehalkumar Patil, Sanjay Sabhagani, Hariaka Kurnala Batch MBA (2009-11) MBA (2009-11) MBA (2009-11) Accolades/Achievement/ Participatio n Participated in SIFE Regional and won bronze medal for SIFESIOM team. Got 2010 HSBC financial literacy grant of USD 500 for year 2010. Shortlisted for II stage in Business plan Trash to cash Was among 30 students from India selected as campus ambassadors Technical paper on "Co -existent roles of TRIZ & Six Sigma selected for presentation Rajesh Bagrecha MBA (2009-11) All the 5 modules of CPIM completed in one go with good scores Selected for final presentation round in The Great Indian B -Plan Were amongst the top 5 teams in final round in Yukti Operations case study contest Aniket Bagde, Bilma Balan, Rehan Shaikh Manav Virdi - he is the first student from SIOM to be both CPIM n CSCP certified MBA (2010-12) Participated in K2S Night Adventure Race organized by National Education Foundation *Certified in Production & Inventory Management by APICS *Certified Supply Chain Professional by APICS. See his testimonial on the below link http://www.imrmi.com/comments.asp

MBA (2009-11)

Snehalkumar Patil Ritu Rajpal, Bhupesh Dua, Gunit Kaurm, Mritunjai Kumar Gir, Sneha Shah, Anindya Patra Saurabh Pansare, Vikram Shidne, Krishna Prasad AG Mangesh Ghandat, Pankaj Murudkar, Vinay Nadar Pankaj Murudkar, Vinay Nadar Pankaj Murudkar, Vinay Nadar, Nitichandra Ingle, Rahul Chiplunkar Arpit Mishra, Ajit Albert Minj, Gaurav Mishra, Nilesh Devikar Arpit Mishra, Ajit Albert Minj

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Won bronze medal as a part o f SIFE-SIOM team organized by SIFE

MBA (2010-12)

Participated in the Street Play organized by MICA,Ahemdabad

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Won 1st Prize in "D Optimizer " competition organized by KJ Somaiya college Mumbai Was among the Top 4 Finalists in D' Optimizer (Supply Chain Event) @ Somaiya Management College, Mumbai Won 1st Prize in Business Plan Competition @IMRT College, Nashik Won 2nd Prize in Business Badshah Competition(Marketing Event) @ Sydenham Institute Of Management Studies, Mumbai Winner in Dream Merchant - Marketting Plan @ SIBACA , Lonavala Certificate of Appr eciation in Gordian Knot - Case Study Competition @ SIBACA , Lonavala

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Students Initiative Celebrates Joy Fest 2010

Joyfest is a part of the Joy of Giving Week which is a national movement started with an idea of 'giving'. It offers students a chance to use the power of collective individual action to make a difference to the society. SIOM has volunteered to become a member participant college in this movement. The institute plans to extend its hand to the society by way of launching various initiatives like tree plantation, educating students about global warming, clothes donation, working for the lesser privileged sections and much more in the near future. The students of Symbiosis Institute of Operations management this year celebrated Joyfest at Mahanagar Palika Shiksha Mandal School, Nashik. Joyfest this year focused around educating the students about issues revolving around the environment such as cleanliness and global warming. The programme was inaugurated by the planting of a coconut tree in the school premises by the headmistress Smt. Pangudwale along with the SIOM students and faculty. The SIOM students taught the children the basics of computer and showed them how to interface with fun programs such as paintbrush. The children were then taken through animated movies which looked at instilling both moral values and environmental awareness. The programme ended with the national anthem after which the students of SIOM distributed sweets to all the students of the school.

Tree Plantation.

Educating students about Global warming.

Inauguration of Rang De Symbiosis Nashik Chapter

19th February, 2011 (Symbiosis Nashik Campus) It all started during our first interaction with Mr.Ram Krishna N K (CEO of Rang De) during the Boot Camp of Thought berg Campus Ambassador Program in October 2010 at Bengaluru. After many discussions with Mrs. Smita Ram (Cofounder) and our Director Dr. Vandana Sonwaney, we finally decided to start-up the Rang De Chapter in Nashik. Mitesh Tank, President of Rang De Mumbai Chapter, came down to our campus to officially flag-off the launch of Chapter. Mithesh explained the business model of Rang De to the students through illustrations and presentation. The launch event was attended by first year MBA (Operations) students and faculty. It was an interactive session about MICROFINANCE and was well appreciated by one and all. The event ended with Pavan Bhat, President of Rang De Symbiosis Nashik Chapter, expressing vote of thanks to Mithesh. Looking forward to kick start the series of activities under our Nashik Chapter!!!! Rang De Symbiosis Nashik Chapter Team Pavan Bhat, Nandkishor Boddu, Sachin Bajaj, Deepak M, Arpit Mishra (MBA 10-12)

Rang De Symbiosis Nashik Chapter Team

Project - 'Kshitij'
Project 'Kshitij' is an attempt towards giving back the long lost financial and social stature to marginalized farmers. After selling their products to the traders they fetch a meagre amount which is sometimes even less than their investment. But the traders earn enormous money in this business and ultimately the consumer has to pay an unjustifiably higher price. Project Kshitij will help a group of 103 farmers from Sinnar Taluka near Nashik. To setup Producer Company. Buy farm products from its members and sell them directly to the end user. The members will fetch right price for their products and the company will also pave the way towards rural entrepreneurship development. This project is one of its' kind to be implemented in this part of the country. Many cooperative societies, clubs have been started in the past but most of them failed to impact on the social status of farmers. The project 'Kshitij' will ensure sustainable development which will be based on principles of community involvement and Kshitij team along with NGO inclusive capitalism. Project is supported by an NGO 'Yuva Mitra' Yuva Mitra members
SIOM Trains Managers (Sept 10 - Feb 11)

Quality Tools - Path for Consistent Quality Products & Services - By Mr. Dinesh Khisti Excellence in Data and Information Management Using Advanced Ms-Excel 2007 - By Mr. Prashant Barge Indian Taxation - Ms. Shilpa Parkhi Total Quality Management - EVERYONE's ROLE - By Mr. Dinesh Khisti Total Productive Maintenance - Mr. P N Parmeshwaran Lean Manufacturing & Services: A Bright way to Success - By Mr. Dinesh Khisti

Beneficiaries of MDP
Ashgraph technologies Pvt. Ltd; Atlas Copco Construction & Mining Product Company Bedmutha Industries Birla Precision Tech Ltd., Ekvira Coats, EPCOS ind. Pvt. Ltd. Everest India Ltd Graphite India Ltd, Indian Tool Manufacturers Division, Janalaxmi bank, I cycle KDKCE; NAGPUR, Lear Automotive (I) Ltd.- Ambad & Gonde, Mahindra & Mahindra LTD, Mumbai, Megafine Pharma (p) Ltd, Narke Electricals R ltd Neutron, Parle Biscuits Pvt. Ltd. Prime Industries, Reliable Autotech Pvt. Ltd. Renfro (I) ltd, Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd, The Marketers Tl cycle TIME TECHNOPLAST LIMITED Ugam Solutions, VIP Industries Ltd,

Publications/ Research/ conferences

Paper Published: An optimisation technique for crashing PERT network in project management in International Journal of Operational Research by Mr. Bibhuti Tripathy, March 2011 issue. Best Practices in Library Services in 'Open Access Resourecs,GNIMS National journal by Mr. Yogesh Chandratre, Jan 11 issue. Goods and service tax in India: The Changing Economy in The Vesimsr Press Journal of Development research by Ms. Shilpa Parkhi, issue July-Sept 2010. "Taxation Awareness of MBA students - Role of professionals" in Journal of ICWAI (Vol.45 No. 7). The Management Accountant' Ms. Shilpa Parkhi, issue Jul-10. An optimization technique for crashing PERT network in project management, Inderscience publication, USA ( in press ) International Journal of Operational Research by Mr.B. B. Tripathy Issue 2010 Conference/Seminar Proceedings: Critical Analysis of Knowledge Management framework in open and distance learning in India by Mr. Prashant Barge & Mr. Dinesh Khisti at SIC-ODL, SIU Pune on 21.02.11 to 23.02.11 INDEST- AICTE Consortium Workshop & 8th Annual Meet in INDEST- AICTE Consortium and Central Library IIT Madras by Mr. Yogesh Chandratre on 18.02.11 to 20.02.11 XIV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations management by Mr. P N Parmeshwran & Mr. Bibhuti Tripathy at SOM 2010 Conference at NITIE Mumbai on 17.12.10 to 19.12.10 A Comparison of experimental Heuristic and Optimal solution in Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Paper presented by Mr. Bibhuti Tripathy at SOM Conference, NITIE, Mumbai on 17.12.10 to 19.12.10 The myths and Realities of India Advantage:What needs to be done to reach the potential by Ms. Hema Gwalani organized by SIMS, Pune on 17.12.10 & 18.12.10 Re-inventing" the Indian Manufacturing Advantage: A new agenda! By Mr. P N Parmeshwran at the 9th manufacturing Summit 2010 CII on 26.11.10 & 27.11.10 Aligning TCM with strategic & operational cost management by Ms. Shilpa Parkhi at Cost Congress 2010 CII - total Cost management division, Sahar Mumbai on 17.11.10 & 18.11.10 In Consym 2010 by Dr. Vandana Sonwaney, Mr. P N Parmeshwran, Ms. Shilpa Parkhi, Mr. Dinesh Khisti, Mr. Prashant Barge & Ms. Hema Gwalani at Internalization of Higher education with Special reference to Management Education SIU on 14.10.10 & 15.10.10 Internationalization of Higher education with special reference to Management Education by Mr. Dinesh Khisti & Mr. Prashant Barge at International Conference Faculty of management, SIU on 14.10.10 & 15.10.10. Effective Project Management- aligned to PMBOK 2008 by Mr. Dinesh Khisti at Project management Course PMAC Consulting Private Limited on 24.06.10 & 27.06.10 Management Skills Orientation Program by Ms. Shilpa Parkhi at ICSI - Centre for corporate Governance, research & Training (CCGRT) The Institute of Company Secretaries of India from 20.03.10 to 04.04.10

TATTV 2010, The Fifth National Summit Changing Gears by Gearing Change The stage was all set; the sleepless nights spent for the preparation of the event Tattv'10 would now be delivering its fruitful results on 25th September 2010 and why not? The event Tattv'10 the National event organised by Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management was a huge grand success. It was the early morning at the Taj Hotel Nashik, where the event took place with all the big names in the diverse business arena arriving there to share and glorify the event with their presence. The chief guest for the event Dr Y. S. Rajan, distinguished Professor, ISRO, graciously witnessed the event and shared his view on various topics and how a budding entrepreneur must have the fire inside him to change things and follow the heart. The theme for this 5th National Summit was Ideate Innovate Integrate Changing Gears by Gearing Change. Other guests include Mr Pradeep Mishra, Senior Corporate Manager, Safe Express, Mr Somesh Yadav, founder, KleenTek Solutions, Mr D. Thyagarajan, Chief Executive Officer, Carnation Consulting, and Mr Rajkiran Kanagala, Head - Business Development, Transport Corporation of India Ltd. They all gave brilliant insights on their relative fields and shared their experiences in the business world which helped the students to understand the market scenario as well as the difficulties faced in different types of organisations and the methodologies which these people implemented to solve the issues. The sessions included topics like Supply Chain A Cost Centre or Profit Centre, Brand India - Imitator or Innovator? Retailoring Retail, Financial Innovation - Post Crisis? and also Adapting Lean to services Revisited. The event added another feather to SIOM which is in its 5 year from the time of inception and still growing. Director SIOM, Vandana Sonwaney congratulated the students on their efforts and making the event a grand success despite such a short time span allotted and praised them by saying that now the students have truly become complete managers by proving that big tasks can also be accomplished with the constraints given.
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- Nitichandra Ingale Dr. Y S Rajan Professor, ISRO Chief Guest @ Inauguration of Tattv 10 (MBA 10-12)

Corporates Participating in the Placement Process at SIOM (2009-11)

Students Placed : Sector wise Split-up

Sectors
Manufacturing 27% Logistics 1% Consulting 29%
Consulting IT/ITES Manufacturing Logistics

Number of Companies

Manufacturing & Automotive Consultancy IT/ITES FMCG Logistics

10 6 9 3 1 29

IT/ITES 43%

Total

MBA(10-12) Batch Profile

Companies we come from...

Siemens Tata Chemicals TCS TATA Motors Tech Mahindra Texas instruments Wabco-TVS Wipro Technologies ABB Alstom projects Bechtel Bharat Forge Bosch Capgeminl Coca Cola CTS Escorts Group Essar Groups Godrej and Boyce HCL Honda Siel Cars IBM Infosys Technologies Ispat Industries Kirloskar Group Larsen & Toubro Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra Satyam Oracle RIL Rico Auto SCI