Guest Lecture 1819

Prerana Alumni Lecture Series - Mr. Devansh Joshi

Mr. Devansh Joshi, Senior Manager – Planning & Strategy, Medlife, an alumnus of PGDM 2009-11 Batch, delivered talk on “Start-Ups - Eco-System & Strategy” on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Mr. Joshi threw light on favourable customer centric policies adopted by various companies such as Amazon, Flipkart etc. Further, the speaker talked about pull strategies such as deep discounts, brand building and gaining trust, introducing private label products such as high margins, controlled inventory, and increase in profitability. The discussion on the business models of Swiggy and Medilife; and, the importance of customer acquisition cost, average invoice value, private label margin, LTV, etc. The talk was organized as an apart of Prerana Alumni Lecture Series.

Prerana Alumni Lecture Series - Talk by Mr. Vijay Kumar

Mr. Vijay Kumar A.S., Wealth Manager, Independent Investment Advisory & Wealth Management; and, Principle Associate for ING Financial Services; and, the alumnus of PGDM 2009-11 batch was on campus on September 29, 2018. Mr. Vijay delivered a talk on ‘How to write a Business Plan’ to the PGDM 2017-19 students as part of Prerana Alumni Lecture Series. Mr. Vijay focused his talk on why people go for entrepreneurship and what are the success factors behind a successful start-up. Further, the speaker gave a practical demo on writing a business plan with the template.

Address on ‘Trends in Aviation Industry’

Sri. V.S. Manimaran, Chairman and Managing Director, Visskan Aviation Pvt Ltd, delivered the Valedictory Addressed of the 7th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounts on September 8, 2018. Sri. Manimaran focused on the trends in the aviation sector with special reference to ground handling and introduced the audience on key aspects of financial management and administrative aspects in the aviation industry.

Technical Session on Infrastructure Finance

Lt. Col. L. Harsha, Secretary, Project Management Institute, Bengaluru Chapter, presented the invited talk on ‘the importance of project management in the context of infrastructure finance’ during one of the Technical Session of the 7th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounts held during September 7 and 8, 2018 at SDMIMD.

Trends in Capital Market – Invited Talk

Sri. Bharath Ram, Managing Director, Lokkur Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd, delivered invited talk on Current Trends in Indian Capital Market on September 7, 2018. The technical session talk was well received both by the participants of 7th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance and PGDM 2017-2019 Batch.

Talk on ‘Leadership Beyond Finance’ by Sri. Girinarayan

Sri. Girinarayan, Partner, Your HR Buddy, addressed SDMites and conference participants of 7th International Finance Conference on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounts on September 7, 2018 on the topic of Leadership Beyond Finance.

Invited talk on ‘Emerging Trends in Business Strategy’

Dr. Kabaly P Subramanian, Assistant Professor - Business Studies, Arab Open University and Adjunct Professor, VIT University, was the invited speaker to deliver on Emerging Trends in Business Strategy to PGDM 2017-2019 Batch on September 7, 2018. Dr. Kabaly gave an overview on how the big companies are creating value for their customers by innovative business strategies. Further, the speaker quoting the initiatives from Google, TATA, Microsoft, etc. and experiential learnings from various eminent personalities made the topic clearer on how the vision of creating something valuable for the people help companies to sustain for a longer run. Dr. Kabaly opined that future managers must always keep in mind while developing business strategies on how our decisions help in creating value for others.

‘Data Analysis using R’ – Invited Talk

Dr. K.A. Venkatesh, Professor, Myanmmar Institute of Information Technology, demonstrated the working on ‘Data Envelopment Analysis’ using R software and discussed the application of R in finance research. The talk was organized as part of the Pre-Conference workshop on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounting, held on September 6, 2018.

Talk on Art of Writing Papers

Prof. S.R. Viswanath, Professor and Head, School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi, discussed on the art of writing papers in major finance journals which are indexed in ABDC and SCOPUS, during the Pre-Conference workshop on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounting, held on September 6, 2018.