2021-22 | SDMIMD

SDMIMD’s Overseas Program Certificate Awarding Ceremony

As a part of new initiatives to bring in focus on social responsibility, ethics and sustainability coupled with business excellence to overseas students, SDMIMD conducted 20-hour ‘Program on Developing Business Excellence (DBE) – With a Sense of Social Responsibility’ for the foreign students of St. Philomena’s College, Mysore. The program culminated in an award ceremony held at SDMIMD campus on August, 24, 2021. Read More>

SDMIMD’s Overseas Program Certificate Awarding Ceremony

As a part of new initiatives to bring in focus on social responsibility, ethics and sustainability coupled with business excellence to overseas students, SDMIMD conducted 20-hour ‘Program on Developing Business Excellence (DBE) – With a Sense of Social Responsibility’ for the foreign students of St. Philomena’s College, Mysore. The program culminated in an award ceremony held at SDMIMD campus on August, 24, 2021.

The first batch had 21 students from 7 countries – Papua Newguinea, Afghanistan, Yemen, Jordon, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Somalia – who received the Program Certificate from Dr. Bernard Prakash Barnis, Rector/Manager, St. Philomena’s College Institutions, Mysore.

Prof. Othbert Pinto – PG Director, St. Philomena’s College (Autonomous), Mysore, expressing his view said that the effective delivery of 20-hour program aimed at overall exposure to diverse aspects of Indian business environment – introduced the culture, ethics, leadership, consumer behaviour, social responsibility, corporate culture, leadership and Indian family business. The overseas students well received the sessions. He appreciated the course content delivery, and the reference materials provided during the course.

Director of SDMIMD, Dr. N.R. Parasuraman expressed happiness at the successful completion of the program and gave the audience the background and philosophy behind the offering.

Mr. Ronal Prakash Cutinha, IQAC Coordinator, St. Philomena’s College, stated that ‘the collaboration between SDMIMD and St. Philomena’s has ensured the benefit to the faculty members & student community in knowledge sharing and adding value to the holistic development of the students.

The principal of St. Philomena’s, Dr. Alphonsus D’Souza, faculty members, and staff from SDMIMD and St. Philomena’s were present.

Dr. Sunil M.V., Head – Academic Administration and lead of the Program on Developing Business Excellence (DBE) informed that the encouraging and positive feedback about the learning from the program by the 21 overseas students of the first batch is highly motivating. SDMIMD will continue its effort to introduce India and its business environment with a sense of social responsibility to the overseas students.

Guest talk by Dr.Thomas

Dr.Thomas, Chairman, Lead College of Management and Lead OBT, Palakkad, Kerala, delivered a guest lecture and spoke about outbound learning while recalling recollections of previous years' offline activities-based learning. Students learned about the value and benefits of outbound learning, as well as how it helps people work together, trust one other, and coordinate their efforts. Different sizes of rubix cubes were also introduced to educate indirectly how to adapt and alter when working in groups to get work done on a large scale. His Guinness World Records achievements motivated students and taught them not to be afraid of achieving anything. Overall it was a very insightful session.

75th Independence Day Celebration

Independence Day holds much importance in the lives of every Indian. On this day, we got freedom after a long struggle of thousands of freedom fighters and great leaders. With this spirit, SDMIMD celebrated the 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021. Dr. Anand Sasikumar, Faculty, SDMIMD, hoisted the tricolor and addressed the gathering.

In his address, Dr. Anand Sasikumar said Independence Day is a significant day to keep the spirit of patriotism alive and at the same time enjoy the spirit of freedom. India has shown phenomenal growth since its independence in various fields like science, technology, and agriculture. Now it is our turn to continue the legacy of achieving significant milestones in the next generations.

Students, staff, and faculty members participated in the celebration.

Special talk on ‘With Freedom comes Responsibility’

On the 75th Independence Day occasion on August 15, 2021, the SDMIMD Toastmasters club organized a special meeting. The highlight of the meeting was a speech titled "With Freedom comes Responsibility" by the Deputy Director, Dr (Lt Col) S. N. Prasad, SDMIMD, which inspired the Toastmasters to be responsible. The meeting was attended by the club mentor Dr. Neetu Ganapathy, students of SDMIMD, and Toastmasters from other clubs.

Invited talk by Ms Supriya Salian

During the Orientation Program 2021, Ms Supriya Salian, Vice Chairman, CII, Mysore, and Plansee India High-Performance Materials Pvt.Ltd., delivered a talk on Preparing for the Corporate World: Lessons from Life to the PGDM 2021-2023 Batch on August 11, 2021.

Invited talk by Dr M.N. Bheemesh

A talk on Unleashing Creativity and Demystifying Intellectual Property Rights was delivered by Dr M.N. Bheemesh, Senior Advisor ALMT Legal, Advocates & Solicitors Bangalore, August 11, 2021. The talk organized as a part of the Orientation Program 2021 introduced the concept of IPR to the PGDM 2021-23 Batch.

Invited talk by Mr Sanjay Srinivasamurthy

Mr Sanjay Srinivasmurthy, SDMIMD Alumnus and Co-Founder & Director of Silicon Road delivered The Journey of Being an Entrepreneur on August 11, 2021. The talk was organized as a part of the Orientation Program for PGDM 2021-23 Batch.

Workshop on Imperatives in Social Responsibilities

The Workshop on Imperatives in Social Responsibilities was organized for the PGDM 2021-2023 Batch to sensitize the students about Social Responsibility. Prof. C.V. Sridhar, Assistant Professor - General Management, conducted the workshop on August 11 & 12, 2021.