Campus News

Business Landscape for PGDM 2022-24

Business Landscape, a knowledge expansion exercise was conducted by the SDMIMD faculty for the students entering the Second Year after their corporate internship.  The week-long program from June 7, 2023, included the Effect of Geopolitics and International Strategic Alignments on Indian Businesses; Leadership; The Perils and Promises of AI: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges; Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory & Creativity, Design Thinking and Innovation.
 
The faculty introduction was followed by the panel discussion by the group of students on the topics identified in line with the contemporary topics - Russian Invasion of Ukrain and the US- China Relationship: The way forward for India?; Leadership Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World; Google vs. Microsoft: The Battle for AI Supremacy; How can developing countries take advantage of the window of opportunity presented by Industry 4.0 for technological upgrading and economic catch-up? & 1. Privacy and Data Ethics in the Digital Age, 2. Responsible Design for the Circular Economy
 
The Business Landscape Course was conceived and anchored by Dr. Prasad SN, and Dr. Mamta Hegde, Prof. Mohamed Minhaj, Dr. Anand Sasikumar & Dr. S. Saibaba participated actively in the course.

Institutional research activity with foreign collaboration

SDMIMD has collaborated with BI Norwegian Business School researchers on an international research project on ‘Whistleblowing: an annotated global bibliography’. It is a core part of the AFINO – project, (Responsible Research and Innovation in Norway) work package 6, led by Dr. Kristian and Dr Heidi, supported by the Norwegian Research Council 2019-2024, focusing on topics related to CSR, corporate governance and whistleblowing.
 
SDMIMD research team, comprising of Dr. Mousumi Sengupta, Professor - OB and HRM (Principal Contributor), Dr. Sunil M. V. Assistant Professor - General Management (Co-contributor) and Student contributors, Druva N, Taha Dhilawala,  Yashwanth, and Kaydawala Saifuddin, has collaborated in the project and contributed Indian Bibliography on whistleblowing.
 
The aim of the research is to create a compilation of the various single language-based annotated bibliographies as well as to analyse the collected materials across all said bibliographies. Currently the project is consisting of 20 partners, from several countries. 
 
The work completed by the SDMIMD team has been highly appreciated and the SDMIMD team has received an appreciation letter towards that effect.  

Soft skills workshop for Karnataka Police Academy, Mysore

A full day Soft skills workshop conducted for 38 newly appointed Motor Vehicle Inspectors at Karnataka Police Academy, Mysore on 12th June 2023.
 
The programme was inaugurated by DSP Mr. Venkatesh - Assistant Director- Karnataka Police Academy which was followed by various sessions conducted by SDMIMD faculty resource persons on different soft skills.
 
The workshop sessions were designed and conducted in an activity oriented, actioned packed, and participative manner to add value to the career of the newly appointed Motor Vehicle Inspectors who are expected to perform their duty in their new Job Role shortly. The programme was well appreciated by the participants.

Add-on certificate programme for M. Com students of SDM MMK

A 32 hours Add-on certificate programme for M.Com students of MMKSDM, Mysore was conducted at SDMIMD from 5th June to 10th June 2023.
 
The programme was inaugurated by Director-SDMIMD Dr.S.N. Prasad. The sessions conducted by the faculty resource persons from SDMIMD in General Management and other functional area of Management for 6 days were as mentioned below:
 
  • General Management by Dr.Sunil MV
  • Interpersonal communications by Dr.Neetu Ganapathy
  • Leadership by Dr. Mamta Hegde
  • International HRM by Dr.L.Gandhi
  • Essentials of Business Analytics by Prof. Mohammed Minhaj
  • Descriptive & Predictive Data Analysis and Research Methods by Dr. Srilakshminarayana
  • Financial Innovations by Dr. Riyaz Ahmed and Dr.Kannadas.
The programme was well appreciated by the student participants and the Programme coordinator & faculty Dr.Devaki of SDM MMK. 

Webinar on Analytics in Business and Management

Dr. K. Riyazahmed delivered a webinar on "Analytics in Business and Management", held on June 2, 2023. The webinar provided an update on the current state of using analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning approaches in business processes. Furthermore, the students were taught about the practical applications of analytics models, particularly predictive analytics, in managerial decision-making. Similarly, the webinar explored the amount of textual data available today and strategies for analyzing it using text analytics tools. Finally, Dr. K. Riyazahmed placed emphasis on the importance of paying attention to the biases emanating from algorithm models before utilising them for business decisions.

FDP on Innovative Teaching Methods

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Innovative Teaching Methods” was conducted at SDMIMD on 30th May 2023. FDP was inaugurated by Director-SDMIMD Dr.S.N. Prasad. 
 
The sessions were conducted by the SDMIMD faculty resource person Dr. Mousumi Sengupta -Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources area, and Dr. Sunil MV, Assistant Professor- General Management area.
 
The Topics covered in the FDP were: Types and methods of innovative teaching, Role plays & Case study methods of innovative teaching, Artificial Intelligence-Introduction, Hands-on experience on AI tools, Designing AI based student assignment and evaluation techniques.
 
The programme was well appreciated by the participants who were the faculty members of various reputed Management Institutes in and around Mysore.

MDP on Six Thinking Hats, Gamification, and storytelling for Effective Decision Making

Management Development Programme (MDP) on "Six Thinking Hats, gamification and storytelling for Effective Decision Making" was conducted at SDMIMD on 26th May 2023. MDP was inaugurated by Director-SDMIMD Dr.S.N. Prasad. The sessions were conducted by the faculty resource persons from SDMIMD in Strategy & General Management area, Dr.S.N. Prasad, Professor & Director SDMIMD and Dr.L. Gandhi, Associate Professor- OB&HR area.
 
The programme was designed to provide insights on the nature and importance of Gamification and Six thinking hats, to conduct a sample of games and provide interpretations on the benefits of those games, to share some popular corporate/management stories, and provide tips to construct effective live stories and to share a few management games and for future implementation. 
 
The programme was well appreciated by the participants who were a mixed batch from Industry and Academia from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.

Webinar on Role of Data Analytics in Decision Making

The webinar is aimed at informing the incoming PGDM students on the importance of data analytics in decision making. They were exposed to the components of business analytics and informed about how analytics is being used in different domains. In the process, they were informed about the opportunities they have as management students in the area of analytics and were informed about their preparation for the analytics profile. They were also informed about the dimensions of analytics and how important is collecting quality data, the importance of cleaning of data, selection of the right method for analysis, and failure of models due to violation of assumptions, etc. The webinar concluded with questions from the students.